Toolboxnj Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Ayn Rand mentioned the book "Quo Vadas? written by Henryk Sienkiewicz in the essay What Is Romanticism?. It was a brief mention, so I didn't get much info on it. A guy I work with who was a philosophy major said I'd enjoy it if I read Rand and called it one of the least known classics. Has anyone read it? Before I buy it I wanted to get opinions from the board. TB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoyd Loki Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 I read it. Although it was 12 years ago or so. Even though the theme is entirely pro-Christian, it is irrelevant to how good the book is. It excels in all the main parts that a work of fiction can: theme, plot, characterization, style. My favorite three are AR, VH, and Dostoyevsky, and this book is in my top 10 of all time best books. Loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwakeAndFree Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 It's Quo Vadis, not Vadas, and it's one of the greatest novels ever written, although it obviously glamorizes Christianity to the point of discomfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryptonique Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 Your sig has a bit of irony to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bucko Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 Be sure to get the old Jeremiah Curtin translation (highly approved of by Sienkiewicz himself), not a modern "adaptation." Besides the ingenuity of the plot, a major attraction of the book is its portrayal of the decadent esthete Petronius, one of the most colorful figures in all of literature. He really steals the show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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