{"product_id":"son-of-nobody-uk-edition","title":"Son Of Nobody - UK Edition","description":"\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller Life of Pi, a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War from two commoners: an ancient soldier and a modern scholar.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHomer’s \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e were not the only ancient tales of the Trojan War. In \u003cem\u003eSon of Nobody\u003c\/em\u003e, Yann Martel composes a new the \u003cem\u003ePsoad\u003c\/em\u003e, an epic in free verse that follows a goatherd’s son, Psoas of Midea, who leaves his wife and family to fight at Troy. Psoas meets his doom and the poem of his life is lost—until a Canadian academic studying at Oxford, Harlow Donne, discovers its relics thirty centuries later. As Harlow assembles and comments on the fragments in footnotes, he retrieves memories of his wife and daughter and grapples with questions of ambition, family, and responsibility in both the ancient and modern worlds. \u003cem\u003eSon of Nobody\u003c\/em\u003e upends the regal perspective of traditional epics and shows that “the past is never done with, that always there are parallels and returns and repetitions, always the song continues.” Readers of Madeline Miller’s \u003cem\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003c\/em\u003e and Emily Wilson’s \u003cem\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e will revel in this breathtaking feat of the imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Publish Date - 02\/04\/26 - Paperback UK Edition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53970470469942,"sku":null,"price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-4832.jpg?v=1777404512","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/son-of-nobody-uk-edition","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}