It feels weighty, real, this book. It’s a re-imagining of a portion of The Iliad as Malouf takes two sets of six lines and imagines a short novel. Couldn’t put it down. <\/p>\n
This description of leadership struck me as particularly compelling: <\/p>\n
“Holding in his head all the roads that lead out to the distant parts of his kingdom, he feels them at times as ribbons tied at the centre of him, for the most part loose but sometimes taut and pulling a little, according to what is happening out there — events that his body is aware of as dim foreboding long before the last relay of messengers, who for days have been running down dusty roads, burst in to deliver it as news.”<\/p>\n
pp.43-44 <\/p>\n
Malouf, David. Ransom: A Novel<\/em>. (New York: Vintage, 2011.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It feels weighty, real, this book. It’s a re-imagining of a portion of The Iliad as Malouf takes two sets of six lines and imagines a short novel. Couldn’t put it down. This description of leadership struck me as particularly compelling: “Holding in his head all the roads that lead out to the distant parts … Continue reading Ransom<\/span>