A review by cult_consumer
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
5.0
“My cry is soft and quavering: i, i, I cry: Go on, Go.”
“Lavinia” transports readers to a lost world shrouded in a veil of ambiguity and mystique. The author’s commitment to accurately reflecting the customs and cultures of ancient Rome and its predecessors, the Latins, while weaving in the epic legend of Aeneas is simply inspired.
Breathtaking and brilliantly crafted from a perspective most, including myself, likely looked over while reading, in translation or otherwise, Vergil’s Aeneid.
A beautiful love letter to the classics.
“Lavinia” transports readers to a lost world shrouded in a veil of ambiguity and mystique. The author’s commitment to accurately reflecting the customs and cultures of ancient Rome and its predecessors, the Latins, while weaving in the epic legend of Aeneas is simply inspired.
Breathtaking and brilliantly crafted from a perspective most, including myself, likely looked over while reading, in translation or otherwise, Vergil’s Aeneid.
A beautiful love letter to the classics.