'...meanwhile Odysseus woke up on Ithaca, but did not know it. He had been away for a long time of course, but it wasn't just that; a pale blur of mist veiled everything. 'In this eloquent colloquial version of the closing books of Homer's "Odyssey", Neil Curry has scrubbed the story free from all its side-tracks and digressions so as to leave clear one thread of Odysseus' final journey: from the shores of Ithaca to the marriage-bed where he is finally reunited with Penelope. The text is complemented by a selection of images reproduced from the drawings Jim Dine made in 1987-8 from Greek and Roman statuary at the Glyptotek in Munich. 8vo. pp [vi], 63. Publisher's illustrated wraps. Illustrated throughout in black and white with images by Jim Dine. Signed by the author at the title page; "For David Phipp, with good wishes, Neil Curry. "ISBN: 1870612043 Very good. Bibliographic Details Title: THE BENDING OF THE BOW (SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author) Publisher: Enitharmon, London