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Joyce Carol Oates goes to battle for 'Odyssey,' takes aim at translator Emily Wilson’s viral review
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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.
In separate posts on the social platform, Oates said she highly recommended Nolan’s adaption and that she wasn’t a fan of Wilson’s translation.