Gareth Hinds is the acclaimed creator of the graphic novels The Odyssey, Poe, Beowulf, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, and King Lear. Retells, in graphic novel format, Homers epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters. This companion volume to Hinds’s award-winning adaptation of The Odyssey features notes, maps, a cast of characters, and other tools to help readers understand all the action and drama of Homer’s epic. Buy a copy of The Odyssey book by Gareth Hinds. His character is deeply read analysis of Odysseus. Dynamic illustrations take readers directly to the plains of Troy, into the battle itself, and lay bare the complex emotions of the men, women, and gods whose struggles fueled the war and determined its outcome. King of Ithaca, husband of Penelope, and father of Telemachus, former commander in the Trojan War, Odysseus is the flawed, beloved hero of this tale of homecoming and revenge. In this stunning graphic novel adaptation - a thoroughly researched and artfully rendered masterwork - renowned illustrator Gareth Hinds captures all the grim glory of Homer’s epic. Athena assists Odysseus and Telemachus with divine powers throughout the epic, and she speaks up for them in the councils of the. Dont be intimidated by its length, there is a lot of story packed into its pages and it is crisply paced- due in large part to Gareth Hinds fantastic art and deft choices of when to let the images speak for themselves instead of. More than three thousand years ago, two armies faced each other in an epic battle that rewrote history and came to be known as the Trojan War. The Iliad, Homer’s legendary account of this nine-year ordeal, is considered the greatest war story of all time and one of the most important works of Western literature. The Odyssey (2010) review 1: One of the greatest stories ever told gets superb treatment in this graphic novel.

In a companion volume to his award-winning adaptation of The Odyssey, the incomparable graphic novelist Gareth Hinds masterfully adapts Homer’s classic wartime epic.

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