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An odyssey a father, a son, and an epic

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.

Main Author: Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960- (Author)
Other Authors: Mendelsohn, Jay, 1929-2012.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, > 1960-
Odysseus, > King of Ithaca (Mythological character) > Influence.
Homer. > Odyssey > Influence.
Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, > 1960- > Travel > Mediterranean Region.
Mendelsohn, Jay, > 1929-2012 > Travel > Mediterranean Region.
Fathers and sons > United States > Biography.
Fathers > United States > Death.
Autobiographies.
Travel writing.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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