Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey.
More Quotes from Raymond Queneau:
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.Raymond Queneau
When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.
Raymond Queneau
The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side.
Raymond Queneau
It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history.
Raymond Queneau
Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything.
Raymond Queneau
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Experience QuotesBased on Keywords: odyssey, ulysses, unchanged
Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.
Alphonse de Lamartine
There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
Samuel Butler
I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits.
Fay Godwin