Mendelsohn steers an impeccable course between sounding contemporary and preserving the melancholy and grandeur of the Greek… Mendelsohn brilliantly conveys how Homeric lines roll forward hypnotically... The highest ...
Edith Hall, The Telegraph
This may well be the best translation of Homer’s poem yet. Mendelsohn’s rendering is highly readable – monsters, thrashing swims and wine-dark seas churn to life – and yet, thrillingly, it stays faithful to the orig ...
Telegraph Best Poetry Book 2025
Readers, especially students of the poem, looking for a version of the Odyssey with a learned introduction, insightful notes and a scrupulous adherence to the sound and sense of the original will find here th ...
A. E. Stallings, The Times Literary Supplement
Mendelsohn steers an impeccable course between sounding contemporary and preserving the melancholy and grandeur of the Greek… Mendelsohn brilliantly conveys how Homeric lines roll forward hypnotically... The highest ...
Edith Hall, The Telegraph
This may well be the best translation of Homer’s poem yet. Mendelsohn’s rendering is highly readable – monsters, thrashing swims and wine-dark seas churn to life – and yet, thrillingly, it stays faithful to the orig ...
Telegraph Best Poetry Book 2025
Readers, especially students of the poem, looking for a version of the Odyssey with a learned introduction, insightful notes and a scrupulous adherence to the sound and sense of the original will find here th ...
A. E. Stallings, The Times Literary Supplement
Mendelsohn steers an impeccable course between sounding contemporary and preserving the melancholy and grandeur of the Greek… Mendelsohn brilliantly conveys how Homeric lines roll forward hypnotically... The highest ...
Edith Hall, The Telegraph
This may well be the best translation of Homer’s poem yet. Mendelsohn’s rendering is highly readable – monsters, thrashing swims and wine-dark seas churn to life – and yet, thrillingly, it stays faithful to the orig ...
Telegraph Best Poetry Book 2025
Readers, especially students of the poem, looking for a version of the Odyssey with a learned introduction, insightful notes and a scrupulous adherence to the sound and sense of the original will find here th ...
The Penguin books that ignited a pop culture phenomenon
To celebrate Penguin’s 90th birthday, we round up the books that left an indelible mark on popular culture, with help from TikTok pop culture influencer Jack Edwards.
