Homer’s The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson | Hay Festival Book Club AUGUST 2024

Translator Emily Wilson shares her take on Homer’s The Odyssey, our Book Club pick for August. Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, it is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. She talks to novelist Kamila Shamsie, author of Best of Friends and Home Fire, a contemporary reimagining of Sophocles' Antigone. Discover more about this and other past and upcoming Book Club events at https://www.hayfestival.com/book-club