The Centaur
by John Updike | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0449912167 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0449912167 Global Overview for this book
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From back cover: In a small Pennsylvania town in the late 1940s, schoolteacher George Caldwell years to find some meaning in his life. Alone with his teenage son for three days in a bliazzard, Caldwell sees his son grow and change as he himself begins to lose touch with his life. Interwoven with the myth of Chiron, the noblest centaur, and his own relationship to Prometheus, [this] is one of John Updike's most brilliant and unusual novels.
I'm not sure I fully understood this, but that's okay. I mean, clearly it's a re-telling, of sort, of the myth of Chiron. It's been a long time since I studied Greek mythology, so I don't think I "got" this as much as I could have. The writing is beautiful, in a flowery, literary way. I suppose I enjoyed it, though I can't quite say why. I found both main characters a little annoying, Chiron was especially whiny which is not how I would expect the "noblest of centaurs" to be portrayed. This is definitely a "writer's book", one that could (and I'm sure has) been studied in many a literature class.
Taking to pass along at today's BC-in-DC meetup.
This book came home with me today from the BCinDC meetup at La Madeleine bakery and cafe in Alexandria, Virginia. Thank you for the book!
Journal Entry 5 by SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (7/17/2018 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA
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Journal Entry 7 by SqueakyChu at Little Free Library At My Organic Market (MOM's) in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (8/28/2018 UTC) at Little Free Library At My Organic Market (MOM's) in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA
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