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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
return from troy, 29 Nov 2005
By A Customer
i blamed it on latin at school - my dislike of anything to do with the trojan wars - but - thanks to master storyteller lindsay clarke, all that has changed. first, i was totally fascinated by his much aclaimed, 'the war at troy', and now i have found the sequal, 'the return from troy' , even more absorbing.after victory is won at troy, agamemnon returns home with cassandra to meet his fate; whilst his brother, menelaus has to decide how to deal with the beautiful helen, over whom the war was fought. odysseus, completely traumatised by the bloodshed and slaughter, caused by his ingenious plan, finds it impossible to return home, to ithaca, where his wife and son await him. tormented, he embarks on a long voyage, needing to purge both his heart and his soul after all the cruelty and violence he has been a part of. during his journey, covering many miles and moving deeply into his own wounded soul, he has meetings with wise women, consults oracles, takes part in mysterious ceremonies and initiations, and , eventually returns home a much chastened and wiser man. although he is true to the original sources of the story, clarke somehow implicitly reminds us that this is a tale very relevent to today, and the urgency that we learn these lessons, has never been more critical. a good read, that remained with me long after the last page.
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