Nolan had previously said Wilson’s translation inspired him in making the film. “Her tone of dismissal & haughty superiority strike a sour note,” Oates said of Wilson’s review in a post on X. “I think it’s the Emily Wilson translation that begins, ‘Tell me about a complicated man,’” he said. A representative for Audible told The Times on Wednesday that, year over year, purchases of Wilson’s “Odyssey” translation were up by more than 600% across Audible’s U.S., U.K. and Canadian marketplaces. The post Joyce Carol Oates goes to battle for ‘Odyssey,’ takes aim at translator Emily Wilson’s viral review appeared first on Los Angeles Times.