Rosemary Sutcliff gets mentioned in Off the Shelf, a weekly column on NYTimes.com which highlights “the books that inspire great talents, designers and entrepreneurs”.

This week, restaurateur Andrew Tarlow (of Brooklyn’s Marlow & Sons, Diner and Roman’s restaurants, and the butcher shop Marlow & Daughters) talks about “The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey” (Delacourte Press) by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by Alan Lee. “In the book, Sutcliff and Lee turn Homer’s epic poem into a compelling pictorial tale … Tarlow on the slow road to success, his family’s affinity for ancient Greek myths and the things he learned from a Phaeacian princess about the art of hospitality.

via Off the Shelf | ‘The Wanderings of Odysseus’ – NYTimes.com.