This collection of fragments is based on the epic poem The Iliad, commonly referred to as ‘that long thing that Homer guy wrote’. Of course, this description is ambiguous in that it could also describe The Odyssey fairly accurately, so sometimes people call it ‘that long thing that the Homer guy wrote that’s not the Odyssey’.

It is mostly told from the viewpoint of Cassandra, a Trojan princess, a disheveled seer, and an eventual POW. Mythological allusions are liable to ambush you without warning, so have a Dictionary of Mythology or an internet connection ready.

But then again, the trick is not to pore over the contents and scrutinize every suspicious word―just let go and read on. The whole book should be taken at a blow, a single impact. What’s important isn’t what it all seems like, or even what it sounds like. It’s what it feels like. There is no plot. Even if you do manage to find one, what happens doesn’t matter. What it feels like matters.

이 책은 호메로스의 서사시 일리아드를 여사제 카산드라의 관점에서 풀어나간 단상의 모음으로 이루어져 있다. 전쟁의 마지막 해를 맞은 트로이와 그리스의 맹주 아가멤논의 궁전을 배경으로 한 신화 속의 이야기이다


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PROLOGUE/WAKING

I-AT PEACE
II-MEMORIES
III-PROMISES
IV-ARRANGEMENTS
V-A MOTHER’S LOVE
VI-WOMEN
VII-INSULTS ARE EXCHANGED
VIII-INTRODUCTIONS
IX-A BROTHER
X-COME OUT AND PLAY
XI-WHITE
XII-HELEN OF NOWHERE
XIII-ON A LIGHTER NOTE
XIV-HOW IT ALL BEGAN
XV-ADVICE
XVI-SANE
XVII-NOT SO SANE
XVIII-HOW IT ALL REALLY BEGAN
XIX-PUCE
XX-AGGRAVATION
XXI-HE
XXII-TURMOIL
XXIII-FRIENDS AND FAMILY
XXIV-SEDUCTION
XXV-COMMANDS
XXVI-INTERROGATIONS
XXVII-BATTLE
XXVIII-THE CALM BEFORE THAT STORM
XXIX-COMPROMISE
XXX-RHETORIC
XXXI-LEGEND
XXXII-MIDNIGHT
XXXIII-SANCTUARY

EPILOGUE/DREAMING


서평

저자 민정란은 민족사관고등학교 2학년에 재학중인 학생으로 각종 영어경시대회 대상 및 토플, SAT verbal, AP영어와 영문학 등의 시험에서의 만점으로 입증된 바 있는 영어실력으로 초등학교 6학년 때 영어소설 를, 중고등학교 시절에는 여러 편의 극본을 발표한 바 있다