A dialogue between different eras, Life of Pi author Yann Martel explores in his newest novel the connections between the ancient Greek world and modern academia digging through its remains. The split story focuses on two narrators: one, a soldier who’s left his family to fight in the Trojan War, and the other an academic at Oxford with his own wife and kids waiting back in Canada. Catch Martel talking translation, time, and Troy with recent Chronicle cover star Bret Anthony Johnston at this First Light Books-presented discussion. – James Scott
