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Seven Days in New Crete
by Robert Graves
Edward Venn-Thomas is a "barbarian" from the past, according to the some future people of New Crete. That must also be true to most people in our epoch, it seems, by reading the other reviews of this little gem.
Although not a masterpiece, this book leads us to discover a weird utopia which, by outsourcing its customs from the antiquity, stands as somehow believable even now, and it does so in a pleasant way which makes you involved in its strange yet increasingly relatable characters. I loved the feeling of not knowing what was going to happen at every page as well as not being sure of what was happening - a feeling surely shared by the protagonist for most of the novel.
As scandalous as a tale on such delicate themes can be, the plot touches many difficult subjects in unexpected ways, but it is the way it deals with good and evil which makes it interesting if not extraordinary - how values can change according to time and culture.
Those who remarked how the novel had been partial to several classes of people should pay better attention to how the different points of views are shown throughout it, as if underlining how no opinion or custom can be perfect.
I might be wrong, but I think this is a work that can only be disliked if not properly understood in its keen sense of humour and provoking way to depict humanity.
Although not a masterpiece, this book leads us to discover a weird utopia which, by outsourcing its customs from the antiquity, stands as somehow believable even now, and it does so in a pleasant way which makes you involved in its strange yet increasingly relatable characters. I loved the feeling of not knowing what was going to happen at every page as well as not being sure of what was happening - a feeling surely shared by the protagonist for most of the novel.
As scandalous as a tale on such delicate themes can be, the plot touches many difficult subjects in unexpected ways, but it is the way it deals with good and evil which makes it interesting if not extraordinary - how values can change according to time and culture.
Those who remarked how the novel had been partial to several classes of people should pay better attention to how the different points of views are shown throughout it, as if underlining how no opinion or custom can be perfect.
I might be wrong, but I think this is a work that can only be disliked if not properly understood in its keen sense of humour and provoking way to depict humanity.