num_pages: 215
description: In his brilliant rendering of eight books of Homer's Iliad , Logue here retells some of the most evocative episodes of the war classic, including the death of Patroclus and Achilles's fateful return to battle, that sealed the doom of Troy. Compulsively readable, Logue's poetry flies off the page, and his compelling descriptions of the horrors of war have a surreal, dreamlike quality that has been compared to the films of Kurosawa. Retaining the great poem's story line but rewriting every incident, Logue brings the Trojan War to life for modern audiences.
language: English
title: War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad
titlecomplete: War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad
genres: Classics, British Literature, Classical Studies, Fiction, War, Greece, Historical Fiction, Literature, Mythology, Poetry
ratings_count: 624
publisher: University of Chicago Press