Ulysses has a very ambivalent towards life, a relationship that I, as an Italian abroad, partly agree. On the one hand the charm of travel and discovery, on the other distant family, home, roots. And it's hard for him, as for me, deciding whether and when to stop, figure out which of the two companies will lead to greater peace of mind. And through the clash with new realities, through compromise with the past Ulysses eventually grows, and chooses, as we all have to do one day (though not necessarily share his choices). Frankly I do not remember what all this is part of the Odyssey the original (I decided to reread it to find out) but in any If I find a good modern reinterpretation of the ancient myth. The style, in particular, is archaic and poetic, it creates an interesting link to the original.
And, I might add, I see an Italian in Ulysses. A man often petty, blowhard, boring, incoherent, in many ways an anti-hero.
Maybe that's why I'm being nice ... Ulysses is a deeply human and modern ...
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