· Gore Vidal’s Creation begins on the evening of what would be, according to modern reckoning, Decem B.C., when, in a Greek villa in . · A historical novel by Gore Vidal, Creation is an Odysseus styled dialectic on religious dogma. The main character, Cyrus Spitama, is the grandson of Zarathustra, and his encounters with other 5th century sages are clearly the highlights of the novel. Cyrus is fixated on the question of creation, or the origin of the universe or human bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins. Creation (Hardcover) Published February 12th by Random House (NYC) First Edition, Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Gore Vidal. ISBN: Cited by: 1.
CREATION By Gore Vidal. pp. New York: Random House.$ As every schoolboy used to know, the greatest historical period in the world was the fifth century B.C. The Buddha was alive, and so were Confucius, Herodotus, Thucydides, Pericles, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Protagoras, Anaxagoras, Socrates and Aristotle. Creation|Gore Vidal, Superconductivity And Localization|M V Sadovskii, Goldilocks In Mudflat [Mudflat 5] (BookStrand Publishing Romance)|Phoebe Matthews, A Single Star|Stan Barnett. A sweeping novel of politics, war, philosophy, and adventure-in a restored edition, featuring never-before-published material from Gore Vidal's original manuscript-Creation offers a captivating grand tour of the ancient world. Cyrus Spitama, grandson of the prophet Zoroaster and lifelong friend of Xerxes, spent most of his life as Persian ambassador for the great king Darius.
In revisiting the fifth century b.c.–one of the most spectacular periods in history–Gore Vidal illuminates the ideas that have shaped civilizations for millennia. From the Back Cover A sweeping novel of politics, war, philosophy, and adventure-in a restored edition, featuring never-before-published material from Gore Vidal's original manuscript-Creation" offers a captivating grand tour of the ancient world. Creation (Hardcover) Published February 12th by Random House (NYC) First Edition, Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Gore Vidal. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English. Creation: a novel Item Preview remove-circle Creation: a novel by Vidal, Gore, Publication date Publisher New York: Ballantine Books Collection.
0コメント