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A review by jonfaith
War with the Newts by Karel Čapek
5.0
Besides, people never regard anything that serves and benefits them as mysterious; only the things which damage or threaten them are mysterious.
This beautiful novel is equally witty and disturbing. It is a mirror to our own horror. I was pushed this to read this as my best friend Joel is going to deliver a paper on it and climate change in Malta later this year. Initially I had assumed I had read 25 years ago, but that wasn't the case. Čapek crafted a novel in pastiche, a collection of diaries, scientific reports and journalistic accounts. It all has a World War Z effect though without polish. There's a delightful satire as a world already poised for self-destruction attempts righteous rationale. Lynching and anti-Semitism linger in the corners of the foreground. Militarism and corruption abound as the apex of civilization. The dark conclusion does lead to a certain level of inquiry.
This beautiful novel is equally witty and disturbing. It is a mirror to our own horror. I was pushed this to read this as my best friend Joel is going to deliver a paper on it and climate change in Malta later this year. Initially I had assumed I had read 25 years ago, but that wasn't the case. Čapek crafted a novel in pastiche, a collection of diaries, scientific reports and journalistic accounts. It all has a World War Z effect though without polish. There's a delightful satire as a world already poised for self-destruction attempts righteous rationale. Lynching and anti-Semitism linger in the corners of the foreground. Militarism and corruption abound as the apex of civilization. The dark conclusion does lead to a certain level of inquiry.