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Creation
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. He traveled to India, where he discussed nirvana with Buddha, and to the warring states of Cathay, where he learned of Tao from Master Li and fished on the riverbank with Confucius. Now blind and aged in Athens-the Athens of Pericles, Sophocles, Thucydides, Herodotus, and Socrates-Cyrus recounts his days as he strives to resolve the fundamental questions that have guided his life's journeys: how the universe was created, and why evil was created with good. 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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: Aug 27th, 2002
- Pages: 592
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.90in - 5.34in - 1.29in - 1.10lb
- EAN: 9780375727054
- Categories: • Historical - General• Literary• Religious - General
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What people are saying
science fiction and fantasy writer, author of the American Craftsmen trilogy, Border Crosser, and the Agent of Exiles audio adventure series.
@kataplexis Would've loved to take your class. Both Gore Vidal's Creation and a Teaching Company course on the Persians were helpful for me to understand this.
Science fiction, vampire lore, history, paranormal author w/quirky sense of humour. An eclectic reader who loves nature & the arts. No DMs unless agreed first.
@Johnldeboer @sieberhagencri1 @EatonKrone @dw_harvey @joanne_paulson @LisaThomasBooks @Chrissy_Clarke @HawkeLiath @barbiesway @Wrix2 @SilencePossum @claudia_oltean @bobby_kountz @dportch15 @_RLMT @northam_robert @Thompson_DavidW Thank you, John. Some faves: Book - Gore Vidal's 'Creation' Movie - Dracula Untold Series - Game of Thrones Season - Summer Holiday - Christmas Snack - Carrots @ForevermanMedia @jtatkinson666 @JulieKusma @ionacrv @joanne_paulson @bernardfoong @Irishgirl692 @AnnaCampbelloz
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A lot of replies note that Gore Vidal’s 1981 book “Creation” is about someone who “travels the known world (6th-5th BCE) comparing the political and religious beliefs of various empires”. The protagonist meets Buddha, Confucius and Socrates. 🔗 https://t.co/v8fTIJLq2j https://t.co/zPMyMJjUPZ
Praise for this book
"Brilliantly realized. . . . Fertile, vivid, and ingenious. . . . [A] surging river of a book." -Mary Renault, The New York Review of Books
"His best novel. . . . There isn't a page of Creation that doesn't inform and very few pages that do not delight" -The New York Times
"Highly literate, stylish, entertaining and provocative." -The Wall Street Journal
What people are saying
science fiction and fantasy writer, author of the American Craftsmen trilogy, Border Crosser, and the Agent of Exiles audio adventure series.
@kataplexis Would've loved to take your class. Both Gore Vidal's Creation and a Teaching Company course on the Persians were helpful for me to understand this.
Science fiction, vampire lore, history, paranormal author w/quirky sense of humour. An eclectic reader who loves nature & the arts. No DMs unless agreed first.
@Johnldeboer @sieberhagencri1 @EatonKrone @dw_harvey @joanne_paulson @LisaThomasBooks @Chrissy_Clarke @HawkeLiath @barbiesway @Wrix2 @SilencePossum @claudia_oltean @bobby_kountz @dportch15 @_RLMT @northam_robert @Thompson_DavidW Thank you, John. Some faves: Book - Gore Vidal's 'Creation' Movie - Dracula Untold Series - Game of Thrones Season - Summer Holiday - Christmas Snack - Carrots @ForevermanMedia @jtatkinson666 @JulieKusma @ionacrv @joanne_paulson @bernardfoong @Irishgirl692 @AnnaCampbelloz