Odysseus: A Life Audiobook

Quotes

• “Beye rounds out our picture of this complex and multifaceted man…by his insights into Bronze Age customs, mores, beliefs and values, and by his obvious and infectious enthusiasm for Odysseus, that mortal, deeply human man immortalized by literature.”

  — Los Angeles Times

• “A coherent and entertaining arc…encompassiong all of the fictional hero’s military adventures and sexual exploits.”

  — Washington Post

• “Beye portrays Odysseus as humble yet ‘arrogant in his assumption of his own worth,’ cunning, wise, athletic and courageous, gregarious and sensual, concluding that Odysseus provided an exceptional role model to males in the ancient world.”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Beye carefully constructs Odysseus as a Bronze Age fellow whose literal belief in gods obliges us to accept them as he did…The resulting portrait is far less a display of cleverness than…a deeper understanding of an old acquaintance…dazzling.”

  — Booklist

• “A true labor of love, reflecting a lifetime of study, this is recommended for all public libraries.”

  — Library Journal

• “Lively, informative, and great fun: the perfect introduction to Odysseus and the society that shaped his exploits.”

  — Kirkus Reviews

• “Revisited in this biography—by turns conversational and eloquent, racy and reflective—the hero emerges in all his traditional vigor, equipped with the myths and mores of antiquity while voyaging into our own modern world.”

  — Robert Fagles, professor, Princeton University

• “Reader Mark Bramhall nails this performance. When there’s storytelling, he commands the story enthrallingly…his transitions are even more remarkable.”

  — Audiobookcafe.com

• “As an audiobook, Odysseus: A Life literally and symbolically conjures the oral tradition of the works that inspired it. It’s a ripping good yarn…A gutsy and entertaining read by first-timer Mark Bramhall. He adroitly navigates the names of the mythical heroes, parses Beye’s fatally digressive prose, and even allows himself to sound so involved in what he’s reading that his excitement becomes contagious.”

  — Audiobookstoday.com