“Here’s a face. I’ll put it in front of you. Read it if you can.” From the Nobel Prize lecture: Moby Dick is a fascinating book, a book that’s filled with scenes of high drama and dramatic dialogue. The book makes demands on you. The plot is straightforward. The mysterious Captain Ahab — captain of[…]
Read MoreBob Dylan on The Odyssey, from his Nobel Prize lecture: Â The Odyssey is a great book whose themes have worked its way into the ballads of a lot of songwriters: “Homeward Bound, “Green, Green Grass of Home,” “Home on the Range,” and my songs as well. The Odyssey is a strange, adventurous tale of a[…]
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