Women won't read this. The story is way too macho and maybe only the Helen of Troy scenario interests them. Women do not read action adventure books, nor war movies, nor much anything about soldiers unless it is a woman soldier. As you know, the girls rule. I suggest you read a translation of a famous Albanian author.
Michael - I enjoyed your essay very much. Great authors frequently 'tap the source' - going all the way back to the first published work for inspiration. The game of telephone tells us why: the original is the Eureka!, the most honest, and the least changed. But not necessarily the best. The illiad is too long and too repetitive, but it is such a rich source of original inspiration. If I want to know how Western men think, The Illiad, and even more so, The Odyssey are where I go to find out.
Women won't read this. The story is way too macho and maybe only the Helen of Troy scenario interests them. Women do not read action adventure books, nor war movies, nor much anything about soldiers unless it is a woman soldier. As you know, the girls rule. I suggest you read a translation of a famous Albanian author.
Michael - I enjoyed your essay very much. Great authors frequently 'tap the source' - going all the way back to the first published work for inspiration. The game of telephone tells us why: the original is the Eureka!, the most honest, and the least changed. But not necessarily the best. The illiad is too long and too repetitive, but it is such a rich source of original inspiration. If I want to know how Western men think, The Illiad, and even more so, The Odyssey are where I go to find out.
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