num_pages: 325
description: A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events - the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement - and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.
language: English
title: Omeros
titlecomplete: Omeros
genres: Classics, Epic, Fiction, Nobel Prize, Post Colonial, School, 20th Century, Literature, Mythology, Poetry
ratings_count: 2866
places: Saint Lucia
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: WH Smith Literary Award
publisher:  Faber and Faber