In fact, the work is a kind of philosophical odyssey that both imitates Homer, but also anticipates other great odysseys of the human mind, works by those like Cervantes or Joyce.

事实上，这部作品多少像是哲学的探索过程,双双仿效荷马，但也为其它的人性探索过程,预做了准备，作品可参见塞万提斯及乔依斯的著作。

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