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A review by mafm22
Malory: Works by Eugène Vinaver, Thomas Malory
5.0
Mainly about knights murdering each other, written in jail by a knight who was a career criminal.
Very entertaining if you like old books. The language is modern enough that it's easy to read, once you get through the first thirty pages or so. A story told by someone who's world view was totally different from any sane modern reader's. This is older than Don Quixote, and even in the (almost) original language, much easier to read.
I read the Vinaver edition. I think it's significantly better than most of the alternatives.
It would have been a better book if Malory had cut something like 30% of it.
Very entertaining if you like old books. The language is modern enough that it's easy to read, once you get through the first thirty pages or so. A story told by someone who's world view was totally different from any sane modern reader's. This is older than Don Quixote, and even in the (almost) original language, much easier to read.
I read the Vinaver edition. I think it's significantly better than most of the alternatives.
It would have been a better book if Malory had cut something like 30% of it.