THE WAR THAT KILLED ACHILLES: THE TRUE STORY OF HOMER’S ILIAD AND THE TROJAN WAR(A CHILLES’ WAR)

Book ID/图书代码： 00200009B33373

English Summary/英文概要： A groundbreaking reading of the Iliad that restores Homer’s vision of the tragedy of war, by the bestselling author of The Bounty Few warriors, in life or literature, have challenged their commanding officer and the rationale of the war they fought as fiercely as did Homer’s hero Achilles. Today, the Iliad is celebrated as one of the greatest works in literature, the epic of all epics; many have forgotten that the subject of this ancient poem was war-not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring devastation. Using the legend of the Trojan war, the Iliad addresses the central questions defining the war experience of every age: Is a warrior ever justified in standing up against his commander? Must he sacrifice his life for someone else’s cause? Giving his life for his country, does a man betray his family? How is a catastrophic war ever allowed to start-and why, if all parties wish it over, can it not be ended? As she did with The Endurance and The Bounty, Caroline Alexander lets us see why a familiar story has had such an impact on us for centuries, revealing what Homer really meant. Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of our civilization.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “伊利亚特”仍然是我们文化创作的最伟大的战争史诗。一百多年来，西方的诗人和思想家们对这部战争史诗中所描述的事件进行了深入的研究、复述和争论，即使对它已经失去了直接的了解这段历史的意义。许多帝国都很推崇这本书，因为它在讲述特洛伊围城的故事的同时，也颂扬了战士的道德观，并教导年轻人死得其所。 然而，史诗的核心人物，完美的战士阿喀琉斯，却是一个深沉的、有争议的英雄。他对发动这场战争并任其拖延下去的人进行了猛烈的批评，吞噬了士兵和平民。令人不安的是，《伊利亚特》将战争描绘成一场毁灭城市、孤儿和整个社会的灾难。 卡洛琳•亚历山大(Caroline Alexander)这本非凡的著作，与古典主义者几个世纪以来所关注的传统问题无关。本书比之前的相关著作那更简单，更为彻底。用作者本人的话来说，’这本书是关于伊利亚特的;这本书是关于伊利亚特对战争的看法。 (Sandy)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 卡洛琳•亚历山大(Caroline Alexander) (1956 年生于佛罗里达州)是一名作家兼记者。拥有哥伦比亚大学古典文学博士学位。2015年，她成为第一个出版荷马史诗英译本的第一位女性作家。卡洛琳还为“纽约客/The New York ”,“格兰塔出版社/Granta”和“国家地理杂志/National Geographic”撰写文稿。著有《旱季：追随玛丽·金斯利的脚步/One Dry Season: In the Footsteps of Mary Kingsley (1989),》 ；《杀死阿喀琉斯的战争：荷马伊利亚特和特洛伊的真实故事/The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War (2009)》；《赏金：赏金兵变的故事/The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (2004)》；《南极坚忍号：英国探险家沙克尔顿的南极探险传奇/The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition (1998)》。 在海斯廷斯·卡穆祖·班达(Hastings Banda)1982年至1985年执政期间，卡洛琳曾在非洲马拉维共和国松巴的公立学院教授古典文学。
Caroline Alexander is the author of the international bestsellers The Endurance and The Bounty. A Rhodes Scholar, she was a lecturer at the University of Malawi, where she established the department of classics. She received her doctorate in classics at Columbia University, where she was a Mellon Fellow in the humanities. Alexander is a contributing writer to National Geographic Magazine and has written for The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and Outside.

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