- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Pyramid; 3rd THUS edition (Jan 1 1970)
- Language: English
- ASIN: B001BOGOPO
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 91 g
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Forester's single great work., Oct 16 2003
By Jack Purcell - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sky & the Forest (Hardcover)
I love C.S. Forester's writing. I've read the Hornblower series so many times I've worn out a set or two, loaning them to friends and acquaintances. But I don't pretend the Hornblower series is anything more than a fun, interesting journey through the life of an imaginary man.The Sky and the Forest is another matter. Forester sets the novel deep in Africa at that crucial moment in history when the stone age metamorphosed overnight. This is no smileybook fantasy about the noble savage raped by intrusions of civilization. Forester's character is a human being living as humans lived in primitive environments and chronicals crucial, devastating events that change those lives when one culture succumbs to another. Forester might have chosen pre-Columbian America, pre-Coronadoan New Mexico, pre-Pizzaroan Peru, pre-Roman England or Gaul, or any of a thousand other places and times.
This is a timeless novel about the human condition and shared human flaws by an author capable of doing them justice. I wholeheartedly recommend this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Thoroughly engrossing, Aug 16 2008
By Zoe - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: THE SKY & THE FOREST. (Hardcover)
If you are all ready a C.S Forester reader this will be a singular addition to your collection. It's the telling of an African king's life. His reign coincides with the gradual incursion of Europeans into the deep forest. The characters are portrayed with stunning and often brutal authenticity, free of judgement or sentiment. Forester presents an old and well-ordered society who for very practical reasons take part in cannibalism. Their complex relationships ring so true that you have no doubt these people existed in some incarnation at some time and some place.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Great Book, Jun 6 2008
By Jan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: THE SKY & THE FOREST. (Hardcover)
This book is excellent. The author has a very smooth writting style that allows the reader to get lost in the book. It gives a very personal and thoughtful glance into the slave trade. I would highly recommend it.
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