a blog about a novel about Aristotle's daughter ~ by Annabel Lyon
An exhilarating book, both brilliant and profound. Annabel Lyon’s spare, fluid, utterly convincing prose pulls us headlong into Aristotle’s original mind. Only Lyon’s great-hearted intelligence could have imagined and achieved the brave ambition of this book. Vital, ferocious and true, The Golden Mean is an oracular vision of the past made present.
--Marina Endicott, author of Good to a Fault
In Lyon’s clever hands, more than two thousand years of difference are made to disappear and Aristotle feels as real and accessible as the man next door. With this powerful, readable act of the imagination, Annabel Lyon proves that she can go anywhere it pleases her to go.
3 comments:
David Thewlis ... there's a guy who seems to have fallen away. This scene is from Naked, no?
This is indeed from Naked. I guess Thewlis got sucked into the Harry Potter machine.... I love the look on his face in this picture - very Aristotelian! Thanks for you comment.
If and when you get the BBC's 'Outnumbered' you might think it would be worth waiting until the curly haired boy in it is old enough to be Alexander. Once you've seen him you'll understand.
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