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A review by toc
The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason
5.0
Am I reading Calvino? Am I reading Borges? This book has flavors of both in the intensity and inventiveness of each brief chapter.
Purported to be an assembly of Odyssey books that were left out of the canon I suspect it's more a collection of lies, of feints, of gambits in a larger game in which the readers are mere foot soldiers, sailors, chess pieces to be sacrificed and tossed aside in Mr. Mason's wild attempt to reach his own Ithaca. Here's hoping he never reaches it and brings us along for the ride.
Purported to be an assembly of Odyssey books that were left out of the canon I suspect it's more a collection of lies, of feints, of gambits in a larger game in which the readers are mere foot soldiers, sailors, chess pieces to be sacrificed and tossed aside in Mr. Mason's wild attempt to reach his own Ithaca. Here's hoping he never reaches it and brings us along for the ride.