Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea

Enthralling and profoundly relevant` Salman Rushdie `Joyful, illuminating and engaging ` Madeline Miller `A masterclass in translation` Blake Morrison, Guardian How do we give old words new voices? What must a translator lose - and what might she gain - when she moves between languages, bringing ancient stories to modern life? Emily Wilson has spent a lifetime wrestling with these questions: here, she invites us to consider the meaning and messages of translators from antiquity to today - and gives a wholly fresh insight into her own work on Homer. From shifting depictions of Helen of Troy to Cardi B and Athenian comedy, Han Kang`s novels and Rome`s love of Greek culture, Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea is a playful and fascinating voyage into the promise, possibility and constant renewal of classical literature.