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It is love at first page! Monk found a treasure trove on the Homer shelves at the library. First and foremost, he discovered Allen Mandelbaum's "The Odyssey." Mandelbaum is the one who saved Ovid's "Metamorphoses" for him, and he has brought his ability to make these classics sing in even greater force here, making the phrases rhyme more faithfully.
As if that were not enough, Monk also found a great exegetic volume. It is a volume of essays put together by no less than Harold Bloom, "Modern Critical Interpretations: Homer's The Odyssey." Monk's eyes brightened when he saw that on Amazon, only to learn that one has to get it through their used-books dealers. And now he has it in his excited hands, even if it is not his own property - possession is nine-tenths of the law, and ten-tenths of the heart.
As for that history book, "Grand Expectations," it is being left aside again. It is not that bad a book, though it also is not that fun either, but this Homer fever is just burning too hot now. Indeed, one is tempted to forget the weekend fiction and give all seven days a week to these "Odyssey" works. Sense has prevailed over passion on this question, however, and, if for no other reason, Charles Dickens on the weekend should help to keep Monk from burning out too soon on Homer. Neverthemore, the expectation is to keep Dickens to two-day weekends, not three days.
After finishing "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" last weekend, reading life continues to soar higher than ever. And it really does make all the difference!
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It is love at first page! Monk found a treasure trove on the Homer shelves at the library. First and foremost, he discovered Allen Mandelbaum's "The Odyssey." Mandelbaum is the one who saved Ovid's "Metamorphoses" for him, and he has brought his ability to make these classics sing in even greater force here, making the phrases rhyme more faithfully.
As if that were not enough, Monk also found a great exegetic volume. It is a volume of essays put together by no less than Harold Bloom, "Modern Critical Interpretations: Homer's The Odyssey." Monk's eyes brightened when he saw that on Amazon, only to learn that one has to get it through their used-books dealers. And now he has it in his excited hands, even if it is not his own property - possession is nine-tenths of the law, and ten-tenths of the heart.
As for that history book, "Grand Expectations," it is being left aside again. It is not that bad a book, though it also is not that fun either, but this Homer fever is just burning too hot now. Indeed, one is tempted to forget the weekend fiction and give all seven days a week to these "Odyssey" works. Sense has prevailed over passion on this question, however, and, if for no other reason, Charles Dickens on the weekend should help to keep Monk from burning out too soon on Homer. Neverthemore, the expectation is to keep Dickens to two-day weekends, not three days.
After finishing "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" last weekend, reading life continues to soar higher than ever. And it really does make all the difference!
