{"product_id":"son-of-nobody","title":"Son of Nobody by Yann Martel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Psoad\u003c\/em\u003e is an Ancient Greek epic in free verse that follows a goatherd's son, Psoas of Midea, who leaves his wife and family to fight with the Greeks at Troy. This commoner's story was lost to time--until Harlow Donne, a Canadian academic who has left his own wife and daughter behind to study at Oxford, discovers its relics nearly thirty centuries later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs sole translator and interpreter of \u003cem\u003eThe Psoad\u003c\/em\u003e, Harlow dedicates the poem and its footnotes to his daughter, Helen. Under his gaze, a personal message to his beloved child appears in the ancient text, like a palimpsest. Despite the thousands of years and hundreds of miles that separate Psoas and Harlow, a thread hasn't frayed: the universal song of homesickness and regret, of love, ambition, and grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSon of Nobody\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers from the plains of Troy to the halls of Oxford, from the classical to the contemporary, from ancient verses to modern footnotes. It is a dazzling, masterful feat of myth, history, and domesticity that explores how stories become facts, the price we pay to share them, and how we live--then, now, always.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal, thought-provoking, and utterly absorbing... [An] inventive novel about a classics scholar who makes a thrilling discovery.\u003cstrong\u003e--Kristine Huntley, Booklist, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIngenious... Martel bring[s] a witty freshness to standard elements of Homeric narrative.\u003cstrong\u003e--Daniel Mendelsohn \"New York Times\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn epic challenge... Martel's ambition is amply matched by his craft. There is much to delight.\u003cstrong\u003e--Nilanjana Roy \"Financial Times\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYann Martel\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/em\u003e, the international bestseller that won the 2002 Booker Prize and was adapted to the screen in the Oscar-winning film by Ang Lee. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45762398650554,"sku":"9781324118138","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_8f14b42f-2f6a-4a7e-85a2-e8b680189857.jpg?v=1775660626","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/son-of-nobody","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}