An Odyssey : : a Father, a Son, and an Epic
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Proem (invocation): 1964-2011 -- Telemachy (education): January-February 2011 -- Apologoi (adventures): March-June -- Nostos (homecoming): April -- Anagnorisis (recognition): May -- Sêma (the sign): April 6, 2012.
Presents the story of a father and son's transformative shared journey in reading in the wake of the father's late-in-life enrollment in his son's undergraduate seminar, where the two engaged in debates over how to interpret Homer's classic masterpiece.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Year Published: 2017
Description: 306 pages ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780385350594
0385350597
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Mendelsohn, Jay, 1929-2012.
SUBJECTS
Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, -- 1960-
Odysseus, -- King of Ithaca (Mythological character) -- Influence.
Homer. -- Influence.
Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, -- 1960- -- Travel -- Mediterranean Region.
Mendelsohn, Jay, -- 1929-2012 -- Travel -- Mediterranean Region.
Fathers and sons -- Biography.
Fathers -- Death.
Autobiographies.
Travel writing.