Description
Set on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, this sweeping epic poem follows fishermen, lovers, soldiers, and wanderers whose lives echo the legendary figures of Homer while remaining rooted in the realities of the modern world. Interweaving personal rivalries and grief with colonial history, ancestral memory, and the island’s struggle to define its own identity, the work moves across generations and continents. Richly lyrical and formally ambitious, it transforms the classical epic into a profound meditation on displacement, inheritance, cultural trauma, and the enduring power of home.
Available Editions
paperback
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published Jan 1, 2014
ISBN: 9781466880405
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Details
First Published
1990
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Omeros by Derek Walcott.