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A review by saraluna
The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories by E.M. Forster
4.0
"Please, is that an Omnibus?"
My first encounter with E.M. Forster, after starting the first of this collection's stories in a used bookshop, which also happens to be Forster's first published story "The Story of a Panic". "The Celestial Omnibus" compiles a smattering of Forster's other delightfully peculiar short stories. His writing is very English, and his stories full of classic Hellenization, ancient literary allusions and paganistic elements. They're mostly enigmatic and perhaps somewhat impenetrable to the casual reader, but I certainly enjoyed them.
My first encounter with E.M. Forster, after starting the first of this collection's stories in a used bookshop, which also happens to be Forster's first published story "The Story of a Panic". "The Celestial Omnibus" compiles a smattering of Forster's other delightfully peculiar short stories. His writing is very English, and his stories full of classic Hellenization, ancient literary allusions and paganistic elements. They're mostly enigmatic and perhaps somewhat impenetrable to the casual reader, but I certainly enjoyed them.