Soldier of Sidon

Henry Eissler · 16 Jul 2007, 15:25 · from 2007-July.txt.gz

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From: henryeissleriii at mindspring.com (Henry Eissler)
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:25:57 -0700
Subject: (urth) Soldier of Sidon
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Transentient wrote:
>> On this last point, Wolfe has devised a wonderful strategem to  
>> surmount the
>> problem of how you have a basically good and morally upright hero  
>> who still
>> has lots of love affairs. He forgets, so of course he is not  
>> culpable even
>> though he serially unfaithful to his wife back in Italy!
>>
>>     
>
> I find it interesting how Latro seemed quite a bit less piteous in  
> Sidon due to the fact that he was monogamous (well, polygamous, but  
> in the actually matrimonial sense and not just sleeping around like a  
> rake). At least during the part of the book that followed the river,  
> when things were going comparatively smoothly for him.
>   
I also noticed that Latro seemed much happier through most of this 
journey, but it struck me more as a reflection on how much he had 
disliked the "strategem loving" Hellenes, but admired the people of Kemet.

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