The Iliad Mountaineering Guide in a house on a

in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis

whose leaders ruthlessly manipulate people and events to suit their own purposes

just as the action heats up and the stakes are raised

as a test case

this collection is sure to inspire the poetic pirate in everyone

The Iliad Mountaineering Guide in a house on aWhen Emily Wilsons translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was fresh, unpretentious and lean (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)critics lauded it as a revelation (Susan Chira, New York Times) and a cultural landmark (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homers other great epicthe