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60 pp.
| Getty |
March, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-1-60606-012-4$19.95
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4-6
This oversize picture book, formatted like a graphic novel, retells Homer's The Odyssey. Clipped cadences describe the Greek hero's voyage home after the Trojan War: "Ulysses seeks among the waves / The invisible route to Ithaca." The somber illustrations' elongated figures and variegated hues may be off-putting to some, but the helpful panel-to-panel arrows keep readers on track.