Dec 3, 2018

Looking at Hadrian irreverently --- a new review of "The Fountain"

Amos Lassen


Cool, folks, there's a new review of "The Fountain" out, and it's by LGBT-lit-authority Amos Lassen. He normally reviews people like Hanna Arendt and Albert Einstein. And now this: 

I had a great time reading this new and revised history of Hadrian in Geneva. Ampersant is a wonderful satirist and he writes so casually you actually feel like you are having a conversation with him. I am sure that there are some historical facts here (...) This is so unbelievable, it must be true: Roman Emperor Hadrian---yes, him of the liaison with the Greek youth Antinous---is asked to help the Swiss with a crazy, all-male Nordic tribe (...) I can promise you that you will have quite a few laughs.


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4 comments:

Angelo Ventura said...

Just read it, a funny yarn indeed! Loved it!

Michael M. said...

Thanks, Angelo, Cool!

Angelo Ventura said...

On Hadrian and Antinous there are two novels that are IN PART concerned with their story, "THE
wATER tHIEF" by Ben Pastor and Phallos by Samuel Delany

https://www.amazon.com/Phallos-Enhanced-Samuel-R-Delany/dp/0819573558

https://www.amazon.com/Water-Thief-Ben-Pastor/dp/0312353901/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Michael M. said...

Thanks, cool...I didn't know...

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