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Sinossi
L'Odissea riletta da un grande illustratore americano: un racconto vivissimo e attuale dove la più scrupolosa fedeltà all'antico poema omerico si accompagna a invenzioni grafiche mirabolanti. Se il coraggio di affrontare l'ignoto e l'astuzia tecnologica sono due famose doti di Odisseo, ecco che in queste pagine l'eroe del Cavallo di Troia si sposta con navicelle spaziali, aerei, razzi e altre fantastiche diavolerie. Eppure i personaggi sono sempre loro: i ciclopi, le sirene, i lotofagi, Penelope e i famelici Proci, e poi porcari, mendicanti, streghe e indovini, ninfe e ovviamente, sopra a tutti, gli dèi con le loro collere e i loro capricci. Odisseo, scaraventato in un graphic novel, passa intrepido da una prova all'altra, più moderno e irridente che mai. Così, sulle tavole di un'epica reinventata, Chwast ci offre una liberissima ed esilarante interpretazione di uno dei testi fondativi della nostra tradizione culturale.
- ISBN: 8822906527
- Casa Editrice: Quodlibet
- Pagine: 125
- Data di uscita: 03-11-2022
Recensioni
This was a silly way to tell this classic tale, but I enjoyed it as a quick read.
Seymour Chwast's graphic adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey is, of course, about Odysseus and his journey home after the Trojan War. Chwast makes the story into a space opera, but it retains most of the key elements. I have never read Homer's The Odyssey , and I found Chwast's version to be pretty conf Leggi tutto
A fun version with flash gordon rayguns and spaceships.
This graphic novel just didn't work for me. The movement of the Odyssey into a Space Opera setting for me worked, but it doesn't play that much of a role, other than being a decorative cover for the original story. The layout is often confusing as well, with some panels being unclear as to where the Leggi tutto
I appreciated what Chwast was going for here - but for me, it didn't really end up working out. I feel like it would have been better if the Flash Gordon-style motif had been more fully embraced, instead of the way it was unevenly seasoned throughout the illustrations mostly via spaceships, laser gu Leggi tutto
This my first foray into Chwast's very stylish world. I loved the illustrations and stylized representations of everything from the ship that Odysseus sailed through the sea (of stars) with, to what he seems to be wearing and fighting with, throughout his epic tale. I'm a fan of the original story,
The art style was very fun but I feel like this book didn't do a very good job conveying the story. If I hadn't already known the story of the Odyssey, I feel like I would have been very confused and lost in what was happening and why. Which is a shame. I feel like a graphic novel of the Odyssey wou Leggi tutto
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