A review by jeffhall
The Gods of Pegana by Lord Dunsany

2.0

The Gods of Pegana is one of those books that I want to like a whole lot more than I actually do. I understand that Dunsany was to some degree using this volume to establish a pantheon that he would re-visit in later works, but by itself The Gods of Pegana is just a little bit too slight, and even when considered as prose poetry, the individual chapters feel under-developed, even if the language itself is indeed beautiful at times.

I still intend to read more of Dunsany's work, since he was admired by a number of writers that I also admire. But here's hoping that his later books have less of a superficial shape and impact!