Odyssey A Stage Version [Paperback]

Derek Walcott (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: FSG Adult (Jun 1 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0374523878
ISBN-13: 978-0374523879
Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.8 x 1.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 204 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #356,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Product Description

With its inspired counterpointing of Homeric and Caribbean themes, Derek Walcott's new play, commissioned by Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company, springs from the same imaginative sources as his epic poem Omeros.

Episodes of the story of Odysseus' protracted wanderings from fallen Troy to his island home of Ithaca are pungently interspersed with a commentary by the blind singer Billy Blue. Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea, the giant Cyclops, Circe and her revellers, ghosts, and mermaids are among the cast. With its vast sweep and richly figurative language, The Odyssey confirms that Derek Walcott is as compelling a playwright as he is a poet.

About the Author

Derek Walcott was born in Saint Lucia, the West Indies, in 1930. The author of many plays and numerous books of poetry, he was awarded the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. He lives in Saint Lucia and Boston, where he is completing a collection of essays.