{"product_id":"memorial-a-version-of-homers-0393347273","title":"Memorial: A Version of Homer's","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0393347273\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oswald, Alice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most remarkable and affecting book of poetry I encountered this year.-James Wood, The New Yorker In this daring new work, the poet Alice Oswald strips away the narrative of the Iliad-the anger of Achilles, the story of Helen-in favor of attending to its atmospheres: the extended similes that bring so much of the natural order into the poem and the corresponding litany of the war-dead, most of whom are little more than names but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably and unforgotten in the copious retrospect of Homers glance. The resulting poem is a war memorial and a profoundly responsive work that gives new voice to Homers level-voiced version of the world. Through a mix of narrative and musical repetition, the sequence becomes a meditation on the loss of human life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51855754101024,"sku":"NEW0393347273","price":16.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/51SCVC2mkzL.jpg?v=1781540837","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/memorial-a-version-of-homers-0393347273","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}