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John Le Carre - A Perfect Spy
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Homer - The Iliad
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ISBN: 978-0-140-44444-5
Publisher: Penguin Books - 1987
Plot: 'The Iliad' is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilisation - an epic poem without rival in the literature of the world, and the cornerstone of Western culture. The story of the Iliad centres on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan War, which lead to Achilleus' killing of Hektor and determine the fate of Troy. But Homer's theme is not simply war or heroism. With compassion and humanity, he presents a universal and tragic view of the world, of human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death, set against a vast and largely unpitying divine background. 'The Iliad' is the first of the great tragedies.
Condition: Very light shelf wear on the exterior of the paperback; Pages are clean, unmarked and in excellent condition;
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Homer - The Odyssey
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ISBN: 978-0-140-44911-2
Publisher: Penguin Books - 2003
Plot: If 'The Iliad' is the world's greatest war epic, then 'The Odyssey' is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey though life. Odysseus' reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces, during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance.
Condition: Very light shelf wear on the exterior of the paperback; Pages are clean, unmarked and in excellent condition;
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