Journey to the West
Journey to the West is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. In English-speaking countries, "Monkey", Arthur Waley's popular abridged translation is well known.
Odyssey
Daniel Wallace's "" (1998) adapts the epic to the American South, while also incorporating tall tales into its first-person narrative much as Odysseus does in the "Apologoi" (Books 9-12). The Coen Brothers' 2000 film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is loosely based on Homer's poem. Margaret Atwood's 2005 novella "The Penelopiad" is an ironic rewriting of the "Odyssey" from Penelope's perspective. Zachary Mason's "The Lost Books of the Odyssey" (2007) is a series of short stories that rework Homer's original plot in a contemporary style reminiscent of Italo Calvino. "The Heroes of Olympus" (2010–2014) by Rick Riordan is based entirely on Greek mythology and includes many aspects and characters from the "Odyssey". Meanwhile, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds use the Odyssey to form the "narrative" of the song "More News from Nowhere," released in 2008 as a single and on the album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!. In the song, Cave uses a variety of contemporary names to represent the gods and nymphs who populate the Odyssey, and sketches key episodes from the epic across an eight minute track.