Crossing the Wine Dark Sea by Emily Wilson review – a masterclass in translation | Classics

Crossing the Wine Dark Sea by Emily Wilson review – a masterclass in translation | Classics

Emily Wilson’s translations of the Odyssey in 2017 and the Iliad in 2023 are now the standard English-language versions, acclaimed for their conciseness and fluency. Her infatuation with Homer began at the... Read more »
White River Crossing by Ian McGuire review – colonial greed drives a doomed hunt for gold | Fiction

White River Crossing by Ian McGuire review – colonial greed drives a doomed hunt for gold | Fiction

It was Ian McGuire’s second novel, The North Water, longlisted for the Booker prize in 2016 and later adapted for television, that established his reputation for savage historical noir. A professor of... Read more »
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