Summer with Homer

The book includes transcripts of radio programs by the French writer-traveler Sylvain Tesson (born 1972) — witty and unconventional reflections on the «Iliad» and the «Odyssey». Where did these timeless poems come from? Why is the poetics of the first... European bard closely tied to the islands of the Aegean Sea? How can texts that are over two and a half thousand years old resonate with modernity? Tesson offers to refresh our memory of Homer's works, to meet again with their heroes — our «reckless brothers and sisters» — and calls to take a new look at the works of the ancient Greek thinker in order to «imbibe these golden verses», to be imbued with their wisdom and beauty.