Author:Virgil,Robert Fagles,Bernard Knox
Robert Fagles's award-winning translations of Homer's twin works The Iliad and The Odyssey have sold more than a million copies and become classics in their own right. With this stunning modern verse translation, Fagles introduces Virgil's Aeneid to a whole new generation of readers and completes the classic triptych at the heart of Western civilisation. The Aeneid tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Cathage, descends to the world of the dead - all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods - and finally reaches Italy, where he will fulfil his destiny: to found the Roman people. A stirring tale of arms and heroism, dispossession and defeat, and an unsparing portrait of a man caught between love, duty, and fate, The Aeneid brings to life a whole world of human passion, nobility, and courage.
Fagles's new translation retains all of the gravitas and humanity of the original as well as its powerful blend of poetry and myth. Featuring an illuminating introduction to Virgil's world from noted scholar Bernard Knox, this new Aeneid lends a vibrant, contemporary voice to the literary achievement of the ancient world.
After his best-selling Iliad and Odyssey, today's top-dog classical translator hits the triefecta with Virgil's epic about the founder of Rome
—— NewsweekFagles illuminates the poem's Homeric echoes while remaining faithful to Virgil's distinctive voice
—— The New YorkerSuperbly poised between the magic of innocence and the melancholy of experience
—— The EconomistMichael Ondaatje's impressive new novel, containing dreams and fantasy between a ship's flanks...is, in the most etymological way, a wonderful novel: one full of wonders
—— Philip Hensher , Daily TelegraphAtmospheric, elegiac and at times, like Ondaatje's most famous novel, The English Patient, unbearably poignant
—— Sebastian Shakespeare , TatlerI love this book: the boys running wild on the long sea voyage, the slow revelation of the adult world they don't fully understand, the loss of the past and the beginning of the future, and even a sort of thriller in there! And the beauty of the sentences. Perfection
—— Salman RushdieWondrous
—— Financial TimesPart memoir, complete masterpiece... Written with tenderness, wisdom and sharp emotional recall, this is an exuberant elegy to innocence
—— Maggie Fergusson , Intelligent LifeGrave and playful at the same time, beautifully written and moving
—— The TimesIt's impossible to explain through any discussion of plot and character the hypnotic brilliance of The Cat's Table. The joy of boyhood and the darkness at its edges are conveyed in sense of extraordinary imagination... It is entirely...well, Ondaatje-esque
—— Kamila Shamsie , Guardian, Books of the YearVividly follows the passage from Ceylon to England of an 10 year-old boy on a line full of eccentric, mysterious passengers
—— Ann Saddlemyer , Irish Times, Books of the YearOndaatje's prose, flawless as ever, deals with loneliness, friendship and pre-pubescent love
—— Christine Dwyer Hickey , Irish Times, Books of the Year
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