Odisea

We all know the story of Odysseus on his long journey back to Ithaca: his battles against Cyclopes, Sirens, and capricious gods, his longing for his lost home, and his desire to be reunited with his beloved Penelope. But perhaps we haven't paid enough attention to the stories of those left behind, enduring a long wait of two decades. Milo Manara, the master of European comics, reimagines Homer's great poem in his Odyssey from a fresh and profoundly human perspective: that of Telemachus, the son who grew up in the hero's absence. In these pages, we hear the tale of Odysseus's exploits from the lips of the centaur Chiron, "whose wisdom is matched only by his skill in playing his golden harp." And through this narrative, as if in a mirror that comes to life, the images of the myth emerge before Telemachus's eyes… and before our own. Manara thus signs his most intimate, ambitious and dazzling tribute to the eternal classic on which he has worked throughout his life.