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A Father's Final Odyssey

A Father's Final Odyssey

A poignant essay by Daniel Mendelsohn published in The New Yorker about a father and son's journey through Homer's epic.

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  • Chloe Ventura
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    “Yet another New Yorker essay that profoundly changed me. The best opening of an essay ever, by one of my favorite writers ever: My octogenarian dad wanted to study Homer’s epic and learn its lessons about life’s journeys. First he took my class. Then we sailed for Ithaca.”

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