| The Lost Books of the Odyssey | |
| Author: | Zachary Mason |
| Cover Artist: | Chin-Yee Lai |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Parallel novel |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Pub Date: | 2010 (1st revised edition) |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardbound) |
| Pages: | 228 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-374-19215-0 |
| Oclc: | 422758757 |
The Lost Books of the Odyssey[1] is a 2007 novel by Zachary Mason, republished in 2010. It is a reimagination of Homer's Odyssey.
Mason, who wrote the book while working full-time, won first prize and initial publication in a 2007 competition sponsored by Starcherone Books, an independent publisher in Buffalo, New York. The Los Angeles Times reviewed the book,[2] and it became a finalist in the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction competition in 2009.[3] The book garnered additional positive reviews upon re-publication with Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.[4] [5]
Jonathan Galassi, president of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, noticed the book and worked with Mason to craft a second edition of the book, reducing its length and making other modifications to the content.[6] The result was more widely reviewed to acclaim.[7] [8]
A series of short stories following the general theme of Odysseus, discussing fragments from the Iliad and the Odyssey, changing narrator and subject on very regular occasion for a total of 44 fragments.