Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
Jonathan Swift måste ha varit en cynisk jävel med svart syn på mänskligheten och med massor av humor. Jag är glad att jag aldrig behövde läsa denna boken i skolan för jag tror att det mesta av den vassa satiren och stenhårda samhällskritiken skulle gått över huvudet på mig.
Det är en giftig beskrivning av mänskligheten man bjuds på. Det skrämmande är att inget har blivit bättre sedan Swifts tid. Vi är fortfarande korrupta, benägna att starta krig för de mest idiotiska orsaker, vi ser ner på det som är annorlunda.
Intressant bok! Och överraskande rolig.
Det är en giftig beskrivning av mänskligheten man bjuds på. Det skrämmande är att inget har blivit bättre sedan Swifts tid. Vi är fortfarande korrupta, benägna att starta krig för de mest idiotiska orsaker, vi ser ner på det som är annorlunda.
Intressant bok! Och överraskande rolig.
A lot of the satire is only pertinent to the time of writing it seems. The first two parts have become tales for children in the common. During the 3 part I had a to go do some research because it was becoming tedious. After I got some context the story was much better. Some of the commentaries I found were interesting such as suggesting that Swift a clergyman was a feminist.
So...picked this up from a local library as part of a reading challenge for 2021. The category: a classic you’ve never read. And I have to say I still haven’t read it. LOL! I forgot that I had a comic book/graphic novel of GULLIVER’S TRAVELS as a kid, and I’m not sure which was a more simplistic version of the book, this edition or the comic book. Needless to say I feel as if it hardly qualifies as reading a classic...
I can't. I just can't. Maybe it's just my life or mindset right now, but life is too short to read this endless babble. Quit at p. 74.
I just read this for my British Lit. class, which isn't much more than High School English Redux. Swift's prose style is surprisingly concise and direct, considering the convoluted wordiness that one associates with the period. Despite his almost unbearable misanthropy (Mercy!), the book succeeds on the level of pure, wondrous fantasy. Gulliver is too rational of a narrator to really indulge the more whimsical aspects in the story, but they're still memorable.
Like everyone, I grew up with the abridged versions and renditions made appealing to children. Just as Sunday school does disservice to the philosophical complexities of the Bible, they miss the most essential bits.
Swift is a brilliant thinker who chose to write a scathing study of (his) contemporary society, philosophy, theology, arts, and politics by use of fantasy. He is a SciFi/Fantasy pioneer. His Gulliver is the Dr Who of the 18th century.
This is my first reading in 30 years, and also, the first that was not a school assignment. A classic attribute is that each reading provides a new layer of understanding. It would be easier to count the layers in a Greek pastry.
Swift is a brilliant thinker who chose to write a scathing study of (his) contemporary society, philosophy, theology, arts, and politics by use of fantasy. He is a SciFi/Fantasy pioneer. His Gulliver is the Dr Who of the 18th century.
This is my first reading in 30 years, and also, the first that was not a school assignment. A classic attribute is that each reading provides a new layer of understanding. It would be easier to count the layers in a Greek pastry.
I reread this book, after first experiencing it over 40 years ago. I really enjoyed the stories of the Lilliputia and Brobdingnab, once I adapted to the pace of the reading. But I completely lost interest in the last two stories and skimmed only.
I recognize the value of this book, but can no longer feel enthused about it. Rather sad, really.
I recognize the value of this book, but can no longer feel enthused about it. Rather sad, really.