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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
I loved the social commentary, but the book was difficult to follow.
A mind-blowing analogy to explain geometry becomes social commentary.
È sicuramente originale e – per citare le prime tre parole che mi hanno colpito nella postfazione – «swiftiano», «carrolliano» ed «esasperante», ma mi ha lasciato come il Quadrato protagonista: estasiato come alla scoperta di Spacelandia, ma infastidito come a discutere col Monarca di Linelandia.
(Ma poi, perché tradurre i nomi a metà? Perché non lasciare Flatland o tradurre del tutto in Piattolandia/Paese Piatto o quello che è? Immaginate di leggere Alice in Wonderlandia. Suona ugualmente assurdo).
(Ma poi, perché tradurre i nomi a metà? Perché non lasciare Flatland o tradurre del tutto in Piattolandia/Paese Piatto o quello che è? Immaginate di leggere Alice in Wonderlandia. Suona ugualmente assurdo).
Quirky little novel written well ahead of its time in the 1880s. I kept imagining that if M.C. Escher could somehow put his art into a blend of Gulliver's Travels and The Christmas Carol style novel, this would be the result.
Un po' Lewis Carrol, un po' Isaac Newton, sulla scia dei grandi educatori vittoriani Abbot consegna, in forma di romanzo, uno dei migliori libri di geometria di tutti i tempi, strizzando l'occhio al multiverso.
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Hopefully A Square, pseudonym for Abbott Abbott, meant the social order in Flatland satirically. Mathematically seen it is a jewel.
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
The protagonist of this novel is a square who inhabits a 2-D world. We get to know what the different laws of the land are, and how the patriarchy of society is arranged. There are several diagrams interspersed with the text throughout to help us get a grasp of what the square is talking about, though the text is sufficiently simple and delightful. The story deals with what happens when the aforementioned square is exposed to other dimensions/worlds and how it deals with this new-found knowledge. It has to be said that the author has quite a creative brain in conceiving such a novel which if analyzed can reflect modern society and its thinking- how limited we are in our thoughts and how we still cling onto beliefs and religion that are ancient!