RETURN TO ITHACA 1952 EYVIND JOHNSON FIRST EDITION W/DJ ODYSSEY RETOLD ODYSSEUS

Description: RETURN TO ITHACA THE ODYSSEY RETOLD AS A MODERN NOVEL by EYVIND JOHNSON WITH PREFACE by MARK VAN DEOREN PUBLISHED by THAMES AND HUDSON LTD, LONDON & NEW YORK 1952 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION FIRST PRINT WITH THE LACK OF ANY OTHER PRINTINGS MENTIONED (FIRST PUBLISHED IN SWEDEN UNDER THE NAME “STRÄNDERNAS SVALL” IN 1946) THE DUST JACKET IS IN AN ACID-FREE CLEAR PROTECTIVE COVER, JACKET STILL HAS ORIGINAL PRICE OF $4.00, JACKET HAS SOME CHIPPING AT EXTREMITIES WITH VARIOUS SIZE PIECES MISSING (SEE PICTURES), SOME TANNING AND LIGHT SOILS MOST NOTED ON BACK COVER, A FEW CREASES AND TEARS THE BLACK CLOTH COVER WITH GOLD LETTERING AND DECORATIONS IS SQUARE WITH LIGHT BOTTOM CORNER AND TOP FRONT CORNER BUMPS AND FRAYED TOP BACK CORNER, SPINE HAS FADING AT TOP AND BOTTOM FROM WHERE THE DUST JACKET HAD PIECES MISSING, TOP OF SPINE HAS SOME FRAYS THE INSIDE BOARDS AND END PAGES ARE FAIRLY TIGHT AND OVERALL CLEAN WITH SOME MINOR TANNING AND A PENNED NAME AT TOP RIGHT CORNER OF FRONT END PAGE THE 474 PAGES ARE TIGHT AND CLEAN OTHER THAN A FEW SMALL SPOTS IN THE GUTTER OF SOME PAGES, THE RIGHT EDGE OF PAGES 147-190 HAVE A SMALL DING WITH SEVERAL THAT HAVE A TINY-SMALL TEAR, THE TOP CORNER OF PAGES 400 TO THE END HAVE A SMALL LIGHT BUMP, THE TOP CORNER OF PAGES 237-244 HAVE A TINY-SMALL CREASE 1/16”-1/8”, THE TOP EDGE 2 PAGES HAS A COUPLE TINY TEARS WITH A SMALL CREASE *** THIS SCARCE NOVEL IS SET IN ANCIENT GREECE AND IS A CONTEMPORARY RETELLING OF HOMER’S LEGENDARY POEM, “THE ODYSSEY”. THE PLOT RECOUNTS THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE GREEK HERO ODYSSEUS, HIS JOURNEY HOME FROM THE TROJAN WAR, HIS WIFE PENELOPE’S WAITING FOR HIM AND HIS SON TELEMACHOS’S EAGERNESS TO MEET HIS FATHER. RETURN TO ITHACA IS BASED ON HOMER’S POEM, BUT HAS ADDED A PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSION WHERE THE MAIN CHARACTERS’ THOUGHTS AND DOUBTS ARE DEPICTED, AMONG OTHER THINGS THROUGH INNER MONOLOGUES. THE NOVEL HAS THREE SIMULTANEOUS NARRATIVES WITH ODYSSEUS AS THE PROTAGONIST AND THEN WITH PENELOPE AND TELEMACHUS AND FINALLY THE EVENT RUN TOGETHER. . . *** 5G2W19#316(60) I USUALLY SHIP WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED * PAYMENTS MANAGED BY EBAY * SHIPPING IS MEDIA MAIL, SECURELY PACKAGED * SHIPPING DISCOUNTS ON COMBINED ORDERS * PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS * THANK YOU

Price: 99.95 USD

Location: Windham, Maine

End Time: 2024-12-31T21:29:13.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.08 USD