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David Malouf

Hardcover | Pages: 224 pages

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Title	:	Ransom
Author	:	David Malouf
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	by Random House Australia (first published 2009)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Mythology

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A reimagination of one of the most famous stories in all of literature-Achilles's slaughter and desecration of Hector, and Priam's attempt to ransom his son's body in Homer's "The Iliad"-Ransom is the first novel in more than a decade from David Malouf, arguably Australia's greatest living writer.
A novel of suffering, sorrow, and redemption, "Ransom "tells the story of the relationship between two grieving men at war: fierce Achilles, who has lost his beloved Patroclus in the siege of Troy; and Priam, king of Troy, whose son Hector killed Patroclus and was in turn savaged by Achilles. Each man's grief demands a confrontation with the other's if it is to be resolved: a resolution more compelling to both than the demands of war. And when the aged father and the murderer of his son meet, "the past and present blend, enemies exchange places, hatred turns to understanding, youth pities age mourning youth."

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Original Title:	Ransom
ISBN:	1741668379 (ISBN13: 9781741668377)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Prime Minister's
Literary Awards:	Nominee for Fiction (2010), Criticos Prize (2009), Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (2009), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for Literary Fiction (2010), ALS Gold Medal (2010) International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2011)

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3.5 tbhthis is a retelling/elaboration/extrapolation of books 22-24 of the iliad by homer. at first, i thought it was so difficult to read. the writing was eloquent to the point where the words just seemed to swim on the page and i couldn't make sense of any of it. but eventually, i got accustomed to the writing and began to appreciate how impeccably malouf conveys the exact notion he wants to convey. he's a talented writer, although i do think he could be more succinct in many places. the way

Ransom is indeed a retelling of a part of The Iliad. It is one of the defining moments of the poem when Priam kneels and kisses Achilles hand, asking for the return of his sons body. But in the poem, we are never told just how Priam makes it into the Greek camp. He simply shows up. This short little novel is Maloufs version of the journey and how Priam arrives at the camp with the ransom. Malouf makes the story very much about Priam and his thoughts and ponderings while travelling on the mule

A beautiful story that is both simple and complex. Malouf takes a portion of a well-known ancient Greek tale and fleshes it out in order to address what is basic about humanity: what it means to be mortal, to be a father, to be able to empathize with others, to be a man in the world. It also comments on what leads to that empathy: the vivid, detailed storytelling from someone seemingly simple of things seemingly mundane that ends up leaving you, the listener, the one enriched.

We are mortals, not gods. We die. Death is in our nature. Without that fee paid in advance, the world does not come to us (p. 184).David Malouf in Ransom (2009) re-tells Homers story of Priams ransom of the body of his son Hector from Achilles. While the Classical world focussed on the role of fate in the lives of Kings and heroes; Malouf writes of the dual role of fate and chance. The re-telling is thus addressed to us, who have forgotten perhaps both the role of fate and that of chance, so

Just brilliant!Enjoyed very sentence.There are lots of good reviews on this book.All I can add is that even though it is quite ashort book it was totally absorbing and justcouldn't put it down!

This book recounts the events in the last books of the Iliad in a surprisingly modern way, but it retains the power and elegance of the ancient text. I was impressed by Maloufs ability to express the humanity of the characters and his enchanting language skills. I really liked how the author seamlessly weaved the tales of an unknown character, Somax, with the famous heroes and gods.While I loved the tender dialogue between Priam and Hecuba, I think that Malouf spent too much time narrating Priam

Ransom focuses on the moment in the Iliad when King Priam retrieves his son Hectors body from Achilles. In twenty years of teaching that part of the epic, I never survived a class without having to wipe away tears. For me, it is the single most revealing moment in literature about what it means to be human. Nothing tops it. To choose that moment for a books primary subject! audacious and, it turns out, wise. As far as plot or story goes, its as simple a book as could be. A grieving father