A Canticle for Leibowitz

author: Walter M. Miller Jr.
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1959
rating: 4
read at: 2015/10/04
date added: 2015/10/04
shelves: sword-and-laser
review:
I read 'A Canticle For Leibowitz' by Walter M. Miller for a book club pick. For a book that is 50+ years old, it holds up rather nicely.

The book is divided into 3 sections set thousands of years apart. In the first section, society has been set back by a nuclear war and most remnants of the previous society are gone or revered as religious objects. As the stories progress, we see how history reshapes the people we've met in the previous sections, which I found rather humorous. Also humorous in a dark way is how the people in each section meet their ends.

There are passages that are a bit drifting and confusing, but I enjoyed the book and the things it has to say. I also had fun translating the Latin on the pages with my Google Translate app. This is a classic for a reason.


via Wayne's bookshelf: read http://ift.tt/1QTyqNB