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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
(Rolfe Humphries translation, with notes by Joseph Reed)
Not a book so much as an experience. The literary equivalent of hallucinogens. The experience of reading this opened up various channels of desire in my mind, made me crave more and more books, movies, music, art... A uniquely generative font of inspiration in western literary culture. There's nothing quite like it.
My edition features the somewhat dated but still enchanting Humphries translation with thorough and helpful notes from Joseph D. Reed on the text that can dispute or shed light on the lines at Humphries chooses to translate or transliterate them.
Not a book so much as an experience. The literary equivalent of hallucinogens. The experience of reading this opened up various channels of desire in my mind, made me crave more and more books, movies, music, art... A uniquely generative font of inspiration in western literary culture. There's nothing quite like it.
My edition features the somewhat dated but still enchanting Humphries translation with thorough and helpful notes from Joseph D. Reed on the text that can dispute or shed light on the lines at Humphries chooses to translate or transliterate them.
adventurous
challenging
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
will be returning to this often, i bet
medium-paced
Wanted to read Orpheus and Eurydice in advance of Katabasis release
challenging
funny
reflective
tense
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
die sprache hat mich gekilled, genauso wie die römischen götternamen. trotzdem ein wunderschönes buch über die liebe und das leben, und über verwandlungen
Some bizarre crap happening here, even if it’s a veiled poke at the Roman Empire & Augustus. For example, wife’s sister is abducted, raped, and tongue cut out by husband. Wife finds out. Wife kills and mutilates their son and feeds him to husband/father for revenge.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced