Here is the paperback version, it’s big at 8.5 X 11 inches and 536 pages. Not being a novel one doesn’t have to read it in a linear way and one can dip in and out at random and still find valuable stories and historical information.
My son was literature-averse in high school when he was assigned various sections from this book. He couldn't get into it. Not his thing. So I started reading it aloud to him. Then we read passages aloud to one another. Finally, it clicked. The rhythm, the themes, the story came alive for him. This translation works especially well aloud.
Recommendation:
The Haj
By, Leon Uris
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Here is the paperback version, it’s big at 8.5 X 11 inches and 536 pages. Not being a novel one doesn’t have to read it in a linear way and one can dip in and out at random and still find valuable stories and historical information.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHVQWDM1?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520
My son was literature-averse in high school when he was assigned various sections from this book. He couldn't get into it. Not his thing. So I started reading it aloud to him. Then we read passages aloud to one another. Finally, it clicked. The rhythm, the themes, the story came alive for him. This translation works especially well aloud.
My first Iliad was The Great Books version translated by Samuel Butler.
Others I have tried seem like the New Revised Standard Version Bible compared to the KJV. (It's good to be old!)
Look both for the beauty of the language and the story.