That was a very good summary of the earliest period of our written history. I loved how the text was interspersed with translations of poems and texts from that era.
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Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Sweet Thursday: 4 stars
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck (Penguin classics)
In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Cannery row: 5 stars
Cannery row by John Steinbeck
Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated For whom the bell tolls: 3 stars
For whom the bell tolls by Allen Josephs (Twayne's masterwork studies, 138)
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Personal recollections of Joan of Arc: 4 stars
Personal recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
Joan of Arc lived a life of almost unbelievable deeds. Martyred when a teenager for saving France from the British. …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated A thousand splendid suns: 5 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Kite Runner: 4 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The stupidest angel: 3 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Sayings of the Vikings: 3 stars
The Sayings of the Vikings by Bjorn Jonasson (Viking Series - Literary Pearls from the Viking Age)
Eivind (like the Terrible) reviewed Babylon by Paul Kriwaczek
Review of 'Babylon' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Rooftops of Tehran: 4 stars
Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
In a middle-class neighborhood of Iran’s sprawling capital city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends the summer of 1973 on his rooftop …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated A Christmas carol: 3 stars
Charles Dickens: A Christmas carol (2005, Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Press)
A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens (Prestwick House literary touchstone classics)
An allegorical novella descibing the rehabilitation of bitter, miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge. The reader is witness to his transformation as …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Farewell to Arms: 5 stars
Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms is about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop …
