Book · 2017 · Fathers and sons
Odyssey : a Father, a Son and an Epic
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The club co-hosted by the New York Times book review and PBS NewsHour will be reading Daniel Mendelson's beautiful and moving Memoir and odyssey a father a son and an epic.
The best things said about it
And then I'm just also reading Daniel Mendelson's new Memoir and odyssey which is about the time that he he taught a course about Homer's The Odyssey that his father his 81-year-old father attended.
Why people recommend it
Odyssey: A Father, a Son and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn is a deeply moving memoir that recounts the extraordinary journey of a classicist professor and his eighty-one-year-old father, who chose to audit his undergraduate seminar on Homer's Odyssey. On The Book Review, host Pamela Paul introduced Daniel Mendelsohn and his memoir, noting his academic position as a Classics professor at Bard College. John Williams also discussed the book on the podcast, sharing that he was reading the new memoir about the unique semester the author spent studying the ancient Greek epic alongside his aging father. Furthermore, Pamela Paul later announced on the podcast that the book had been selected as the official monthly book club pick co-hosted by The New York Times Book Review and PBS NewsHour, praising it as a beautiful and emotionally resonant work. These discussions highlighted how the memoir brilliantly weaves together literary analysis, personal reflection, and the complexities of familial relationships, demonstrating how ancient storytelling can illuminate modern lives and bridge generational divides between a father and son through shared intellectual exploration.
Every mention
Pamela Paul the club co-hosted by the New York Times book review and PBS NewsHour will be reading Daniel Mendelson's be… 2
“the club co-hosted by the New York Times book review and PBS NewsHour will be reading Daniel Mendelson's beautiful and moving Memoir and odyssey a father a son and an epic”
“he's a Classics professor at Bard College and this book is called an odyssey a father a son and an epic”
John Williams and then I'm just also reading Daniel Mendelson's new Memoir and odyssey which is about the time that he he… 1
“and then I'm just also reading Daniel Mendelson's new Memoir and odyssey which is about the time that he he taught a course about Homer's The Odyssey that his father his 81-year-old father attended”
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“he is the author of many many books including most recently ecstasy and ter and the Memoir an odyssey a father a son and an epic and a becoming in September three rings a tale of Exile narrative and fate”
“last month we read Daniel Mendelson's an odyssey a memoir”
“he is the author of among other books most recently an odyssey a father a son and an epic and he took on the very epic task”