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mikezickar 's review for:
Augustus
by John Williams
An enjoyable read, an interesting telling of the life of Caesar Augustus. This was part of my quest to read all National Book Award winners for Fiction. The narrative is pushed forward through a series of letters, journal entries, poems, and other fragments written by those whose lives intersected with Augustus. Williams uses the device effectively and the plot of the story moves along nicely and coherently.
I feel like this is a book that, to me, lacked profundity. . . it never wowed me with opening up a world that I haven't seen before, but it was an enjoyable read, providing nice insight into the early Roman empire. And it was light years better than the 1973 co-winner Chimera by John Barth.
I feel like this is a book that, to me, lacked profundity. . . it never wowed me with opening up a world that I haven't seen before, but it was an enjoyable read, providing nice insight into the early Roman empire. And it was light years better than the 1973 co-winner Chimera by John Barth.