Odyssey

Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths, Book 4

De: Stephen Fry

Narrado por: Stephen Fry

WHEN GODS TURN VENGEFUL, ONLY THE BRAVE CAN DEFY FATE AND FIND THEIR WAY HOME

Discover Stephen Fry's epic re-telling of the Odyssey for the 21st century
After the fall of Troy, wily Odysseus, King of Ithaca, sails for home and his steadfast queen Penelope.
However, the angry gods curse him to wander the seas for ten long years. Tormented by giants and monsters, tempted by witches and goddesses, Odysseus battles to draw ever closer to home.
Awaiting him is Penelope, defying reports of his death. But this queen endures her own tormentors – an army of young suitors eager to claim her hand and the throne . . .
'Relatable and full of humour . . . Odyssey brings [the] four-book sequence satisfyingly to a close' GUARDIAN
'Outstandingly entertaining quartet of books . . . Fry breathes contemporary relevance into these ancient tales' OBSERVER
'Odyssey completes his Greek Myths series in marvellous fashion. . . Fry, a born storyteller, succeeds again in making the ancient stories accessible' IRISH INDEPENDENT


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Reseñas de la Crítica

Odyssey completes his Greek Myths series in marvellous fashion. . . Fry, a born storyteller, succeeds again in making the ancient stories accessible, gently modernising the language and dotting his journey with explanatory and often amusing footnotes

Relatable and full of humour . . . Odyssey brings [the] four-book sequence satisfyingly to a close

Outstandingly entertaining quartet of books . . . Fry breathes contemporary relevance into these ancient tales. As with his previous titles, he combines scholarly research with a lightness of touch, and his wry sense of humour and natural gift for storytelling make for a highly engaging read

A sweeping, engrossing story

Imaginative

The familiar narrative bounds along in a chatty style, coloured with mildly revisionist insights into the characters

Accessible storytelling and Fry brings warmth, exuberance and humour. Hard to beat

A romp through the lives of ancient Greek gods. Fry is at his story-telling best . . . the gods will be pleased

A head-spinning marathon of legends

An odyssey through Greek mythology. Brilliant - all hail Stephen Fry

I Odysseus have traveled some more sonI can keep listening!

Stephen Fry have given us an immortal gift of the Immortals themselves!
His serious is nothing but a pure delight and a... nostalgic journey into ones childooh and time that Gods have descended, monsters were lurking and nymphs were louring...

Thank you, Stephen for making me feel like a 6 year old again, for that I am eternally grateful ❤️

the best

Stephen Fry is a wonderful narrator and writer. It has been such a pleasure listen to this collection.

Stephen Fry's delivery and excitement about all he was telling us. Enjoyed all his alliteration too. Such fun.

I loved every bit of this and recommend to all. Stephen Fry is simply the Best!

Pure delight

Stephen Fry retelling the Odyssey -- is there anything better? I listened to this in one go and can't wait to hear it again. If I could give more than 5 stars, I would.

Enjoyable as a Long, Long, Creative Essay

Stephen Fry's work is more (or less) rewarding for its contemporary, creative twist than as a (re)telling of Homer. I skipped his Book 3 (Troy), listening instead to the Stevens/Fitzgerald Illiad (without regret). I admit that I found myself at numerous points in Odyssey asking myself, "Why am I listening to Fry's version?" Fry is a brilliant actor and narrator, as well as a clever writer and thinker. But after books 1, 2, and 4 of the series, it doesn't escape the listener that much of the delivery is just as much about the 21st-century author/narrator as about the creator(s) of the original myth. Not surprisingly, numerous listeners are captivated by such an approach (nearing bombast, but I offer Fry more respect than that).

This is to say that if you want to experience the Odyssey closer to its original form for yourself and allow yourself your own interpretation, then Fry's Odyssey might be better as a supplement than a mainstay. There is simply too much added/parenthetical content in Fry's version to allow you to focus on the core story. Even in his excellent characterization as narrator and helpful explanatory notes, I can't help but think that something of the epic tone is far lost in Fry's tongue-in-cheek presentation of protagonists, scenes, and asides (acknowledging that this is largely intentional on his part). So I greatly enjoyed this as a contemporary creative work of Fry's, somewhat less so in the essay commentary of the final segments (though still thought provoking), and even less from my desire to hear a "purer" rendering of the Homer tale. With this in mind, I would recommend this audiobook to Stephen Fry fans more for the Stephen Fry experience than for Homer's Odyssey itself (which I will listen to again elsewhere).