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A review by its_ananas
The Colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller
5.0
It took me a while to write a review about this work. Let it be noted that this was the first travelogue I read. I enjoyed this book like no other.
The writing style was as extravagant, lengthy, and as descriptive as I like to read. The humor of Miller jumps out of the page and had me constantly chuckling. The societal critique and, at most times, romanticism is evident throughout. I do not care about it being romantic and not fully realistic, I am fully aware that I am reading literature; not non-fiction or a newspaper.
I found it to be a beautifully written tribute to a long-standing peoples of all sorts; of crooks but also of grand generosity even from the poorest humans. I love how he talks about the intellectuals of Greece, whether they be known poets or artists, or unknown every-day wise people he met in his travels; and how we meet those same individuals from a third person point of view, a non-Greek point of view.
I know that what Miller felt in Greece, many others have felt. He touches upon something that we all know exists but cannot put it into words or grasp it.
Miller traveled me in the lands, mountains, sea, in the sun and sky of my beloved homeland. He made me appreciate every inch of my and my ancestors' being, and the land that we are lucky to call home.
Every Greek should read this book and be open to its illusion. Just enjoy thinking about the Greece that this man presents to us, without letting our own prejudices get in the way. Maybe, the Greece he writes about does not have to be so far from the truth. Maybe we just haven't learned how to see her yet.
The writing style was as extravagant, lengthy, and as descriptive as I like to read. The humor of Miller jumps out of the page and had me constantly chuckling. The societal critique and, at most times, romanticism is evident throughout. I do not care about it being romantic and not fully realistic, I am fully aware that I am reading literature; not non-fiction or a newspaper.
I found it to be a beautifully written tribute to a long-standing peoples of all sorts; of crooks but also of grand generosity even from the poorest humans. I love how he talks about the intellectuals of Greece, whether they be known poets or artists, or unknown every-day wise people he met in his travels; and how we meet those same individuals from a third person point of view, a non-Greek point of view.
I know that what Miller felt in Greece, many others have felt. He touches upon something that we all know exists but cannot put it into words or grasp it.
Miller traveled me in the lands, mountains, sea, in the sun and sky of my beloved homeland. He made me appreciate every inch of my and my ancestors' being, and the land that we are lucky to call home.
Every Greek should read this book and be open to its illusion. Just enjoy thinking about the Greece that this man presents to us, without letting our own prejudices get in the way. Maybe, the Greece he writes about does not have to be so far from the truth. Maybe we just haven't learned how to see her yet.