Overview
Traducción e introducción de Joan Casas Fuster.
Epílogo de José Ángel Valente, reconocido poeta, ensayista y traductor.
El viaje de Ulises se ha convertido en un mito universal y la Odisea en una lectura para todos los tiempos. Tras una década de guerra, una ofensa al dios Poseidón ha alejado de su reino al astuto héroe otros diez años, condenado a navegar sin rumbo y a sufrir las más diversas vicisitudes.
La Odisea, que sucede a la caída de Troya, sigue los pasos de Ulises -el nombre latino de Odiseo, que esta traducción adopta- y nos acerca al relato de su largo peregrinaje para volver al hogar, Ítaca. Los mitos que configuran esta gran epopeya, la capacidad de Homero para retratar la vida en el Mediterráneo a finales del 2000 a.C. y la irrupción de un héroe deseoso de regresar a la patria han dejado huella en los grandes autores de la literatura -de Virgilio a Joyce- y han convertido la Odisea en una pieza clave de la cultura universal.
La presente edición cuenta con un prólogo y la magnífica versión en verso de Fernando Gutiérrez, así como una introducción y un aparato de notas elaborado por el traductor y periodista Joan Casas, y un epílogo escrito por el poeta, ensayista y traductor José Ángel Valente.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The quintessential classic adventure.
Translation and introduction by Joan Casas Fuster.
Afterword by José Ángel Valente, acclaimed poet, essayist, and translator.
Odysseus’s journey has become a universal myth, and The Odyssey remains a timeless work for readers of every generation. After a decade of war, an offense against the god Poseidon keeps the cunning hero away from his kingdom for another ten years, condemned to wander the seas and endure countless trials and hardships. Set after the fall of Troy, The Odyssey follows the adventures of Odysseus—known by his Latin name, Ulysses, which this translation adopts—and recounts his long and arduous voyage home to Ithaca. The myths that shape this great epic, Homer’s vivid portrayal of life in the Mediterranean at the end of the second millennium BCE, and the emergence of a hero driven by his longing to return to his homeland have inspired some of literature’s greatest authors—from Virgil to Joyce—and established The Odyssey as a cornerstone of world culture.
This edition features a prologue and the magnificent verse translation by Fernando Gutiérrez, along with an introduction and extensive notes prepared by translator and journalist Joan Casas, and an afterword by the poet, essayist, and translator José Ángel Valente.
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