{"product_id":"book-dhtf","title":"War Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eA remarkable hybrid of translation, adaptation, and invention\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePicture the east Aegean sea by night,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd on a beach aslant its shimmering\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpwards of 50,000 men\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsleep like spoons beside their lethal Fleet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Your life at every instant up for― \/ Gone. \/ And, candidly, who gives a toss? \/ Your heart beats strong. Your spirit grips,\" writes Christopher Logue in his original version of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, the uncanny \"translation of translations\" that won ecstatic and unparalleled acclaim as \"the best translation of Homer since Pope's\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLogue's account of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e is a radical reimagining and reconfiguration of Homer's tale of warfare, human folly, and the power of the gods in language and verse that is emphatically modern and \"possessed of a very terrible beauty\" (\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e). Illness prevented him from bringing his version of the \u003ci\u003eIliad \u003c\/i\u003eto completion, but enough survives in notebooks and letters to assemble a compilation that includes the previously published volumes \u003ci\u003eWar Music\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Husbands\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll Day Permanent Red\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCold Calls\u003c\/i\u003e, along with previously unpublished material, in one final illuminating volume arranged by his friend and fellow poet Christopher Reid. The result, \u003ci\u003eWar Music\u003c\/i\u003e, comes as near as possible to representing the poet's complete vision and confirms what his admirers have long known: that \"\u003ci\u003eLogue's Homer\u003c\/i\u003e is likely to endure as one of the great long poems of the twentieth century\" (\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49292970918192,"sku":"BDdhtf","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49292970950960,"sku":"ZEdhtf","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49292971049264,"sku":"ZMdhtf","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dhtf-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775891744","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dhtf","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}