《与父亲的奥德赛》简介:

★ 古希腊英雄父子的传奇史诗,交叠当代父子的平凡人生

★ 当古典学教授的文学课堂,迎来数学家父亲,细读关于漂泊与回家的12110行史诗

★ 他对父亲迟来的认识,也是我们所有人对父亲的理解与误解

★ 那漫长而曲折的旅程,终将抵达所有故事的终点

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哪一面才算真正的自己?

奥德赛》如此设问,且一个人可能有几重面貌呢?

那一年,父亲旁听我的《奥德赛》研读课,之后我们跟随奥德修斯的脚步巡游观光。

由此我明白,答案可能出人意料。

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门德尔松81岁的数学家父亲去旁听儿子给本科生开设的《奥德赛》研读课,细读关于“漂泊与回家”的12110行史诗,之后父子二人又一起参加《奥德赛》主题游轮旅行。在文本与空间的“奥德赛之旅”中,他得以一次又一次重新理解父亲。

《奥德赛》是英雄漂泊多年,历尽千辛万苦得以归乡的故事;也是稚子长大成人,在寻父过程中逐渐了解父亲的故事。

《与父亲的奥德赛》则将《奥德赛》中古希腊英雄父子的传奇史诗与当代父子的普通人生并置,在文本与现实的交叠中,两对父子相互映照。

时空交错的回旋里,父、子与史诗的故事缓缓展开。

《与父亲的奥德赛》摘录:

A father makes his son out of his flesh and out of his mind and then shaps him with his ambitions and dreams, with his cruelties and failures, too. But a son, although he is of his father, cannot know his father totally, because the father precedes him; his father has always already lived so much more than the son has, so that the son can never catch up, can never know everything. No wonder the Greeks thought that few sons are the equals of their fathers; that most fall short, all too few surpass them. It's not about value; it's about knowledge. The father knows the son whole, but the son can never know his father.

《与父亲的奥德赛》目录:

引子(敬祈神助)
特勒马纪(教育)
1. 教育(父与子)
2. 情投意合(夫与妻)
故事(奇遇)
还乡(回家)
发现(相认)
记号(标记)
致谢
授权致谢
译后记
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