Una zattera per Itaca

A man returning home to his loved ones and to his land is the essence of one of the most beautiful stories of all time: the Odyssey. Odysseus’s journey is one shared by anyone facing life’s fundamental relationships and everyday sorrows and joys.

 With Cesare Catà this Classical myth becomes hip.

With enthusiasm, care and originality, this book revisits the Odyssey, retraces the journey of the hero searching for his way back home and observes him against a backdrop of the anxieties, obsessions and passions of our current era. There are many ways of losing your way home; Homer’s saga is about the homecoming of every one of us, about the enthusiastic and desperate attempt not to be Nobody, and about landing on a rock we can call “Ithaca” at least for a while. Each of us has their coordinates. What’s important is to have the courage to search for them, the awareness to spot them and the strength not to forget them.

With constant attention to the Greek text and reference to the cultural, literary and philosophical meaning in Homer’s verses, Catà uses a colloquial tone, often humorous, at times tragic, depending on the Odyssean adventure he is analysing. This way, the book allows us to rediscover the Odyssey in a new way, starting from our emotions.