Wentworth Press [corriger]

Le poète Omar Khayyâm écrivait: «On s’amuse avec nous sur l’échiquier de l’être et puis nous retournons, un à un, dans la boite du néant». Il est dommage que le néant ne l’ait englouti avant qu’il ne nous lègue ce genre de joyaux obscurs! Un très grand livre qui transperce l'espace et le temps.

Most people are familiar with the story of the Odyssey. The non-linear narrative begins with Telemachus, Odysseus’s son, leaving Ithaca to gather information about his father, who left twenty years ago. In Ithaca, the suitors are harassing his mother, Penelope, and dilapidating all Odysseus’s wealth. The narrative then shifts to Odysseus, who is finally released by Calypso, who has held him for seven years. However, Poseidon, still displeased with him, wrecks his ship, resulting in his arrival on the island of the Phaeacians. He is welcomed by king Alcinous and recounts his adventures since the end of the Trojan War, among others, the Lotus-Eaters, the Cyclops and especially Polyphemus, Aeolus, the Laestrygonians, Circe, Hades, the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis. Alcinous gives him a boat to take him back to Ithaca, where he finds his son, kills the suitors, and gets Penelope back. Happy end. I read the Odyssey more than thirty years ago but I wanted to reread it in the context of James Joyce’s Ulysses in order to fully understand the parallel between the two stories. It was truly enriching to do so, shedding light on Ulysses, but it is also a magnificent story. I thoroughly enjoyed this reading.
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C'est au moins ma troisième relecture de cette version écourtée de l'Odyssée, et je prends toujours autant de plaisir à la redécouvrir. Quel bonheur de replonger dans les aventures du magnanime Ulysse !

Je ne m'étendrai pas outre-mesure sur des mythes connus de tous.

Ce qui rend la lecture fabuleuse est la grande poésie du texte et cette incroyable plongée dans la mer, sombre comme le vin, de notre imaginaire.

Cette coupe a cependant goût de trop peu, et je boirai l'Odyssée jusqu'à la lie dans sa version intégrale.