The Life of Polycrates and Other Stories for Antiquated Children
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Mar 02, Caleb Wilson rated it it was amazing. I love Brendan Connell's prose, with its lists and insertions of strange syntax which resembles a buggy chat bot, and I love the small presses he publishes through. The title story of this collection is an expansion of an anecdote from Herodotus, filled out in such a way peremptory and yet lush as to make the ancient Greek world even more alien than in the Histories--a realm of invasion-prone island paradises peppered with random geniuses, where all on the same day Echoiax invents fish sauce, P I love Brendan Connell's prose, with its lists and insertions of strange syntax which resembles a buggy chat bot, and I love the small presses he publishes through.
The title story of this collection is an expansion of an anecdote from Herodotus, filled out in such a way peremptory and yet lush as to make the ancient Greek world even more alien than in the Histories--a realm of invasion-prone island paradises peppered with random geniuses, where all on the same day Echoiax invents fish sauce, Pythagoras writes his theorem, and the Spartans, while telling terse inscrutable jokes, might attack.
Dec 24, Howard Cincotta rated it liked it Shelves: fiction , short-stories , somewhat-literary. But it leaves the reader with a dilemma: how to understand or react to stories in overripe prose depicting characters that, for the most part, are walking nightmares. The most successful story is the title novella, in large part because of the distancing effect of a story set in ancient Greece.
Polycrates was the tyrant of Samos, and Connell, with creative embellishments, tracks the main events of his life, from his rise to power to his very bad end.
Polycrates also has creativity, energy, and a set of impressive military and cultural accomplishments before he falls to dissipation and depravity, all told in lush, almost fairytale-like prose. Polycrates at least represents the downfall of a powerful man with undeniable virtues. The exaggerations of decadence and depravity can sometimes be funny parodies. Several stories skip humor altogether for exercises in using language to explore the depths to which humanity can sink.
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Nov 11, Meels rated it liked it Shelves: it-was-free , short-stories-and-novellas. Well, this my first win and first read for First Reads The trouble with a book of short stories is that the review rolls around in your head in fragments the whole time you are reading it. And, where you might be quite impressed with one story or indifferent to another you might actively dislike yet a third. In all there were eleven stories in this book, a work of fiction according to the back and everything I read online.
However two were based on actual historical accounts The Life of Polycr Well, this my first win and first read for First Reads The Author clearly took some liberties with these two stories, but they were for the most part true. Polycrates is told like a story more than a historical account, despite the footnotes expounding on the various historical figures as they enter the scene.
He cites no historians or other works on the subject.
I would say that I half enjoyed this portion. Being Greek and a fan of history in general this should have been right in my lane. But, whenever I began to enjoy myself just as the story started to flow; the author would pull me to a halt with an extraordinarily short chapter containing nothing but a list of make-up and face creams some guy had in his ditty bag or the ancient Greek equivelant of a ditty bag.
I believe he was reinforcing his point regarding the man's effeminance. However, I had not doubted him when he stated it boldly earlier on. This list and similar such road blocks along the way kept it all a bit choppy for my tastes. Now, with Polycrates over and moving on to story numero dos I received a rather more violent shock. The second story Collapsing Claude I had no trouble believing as fiction, disturbing, dark and frankly disgusting fiction. Unfortunately for me; I read this story over my lunch hour and it actually put me off my food!
The author is gifted at painting a picture with words. While I cannot say that I actually "liked" this story, for it was too repulsive to "like", I felt that Connell did an amazing job in the telling of it. From here on I think I can just group the remaining stories. Some I liked better than others, some were a bit more rambling. Sometimes the descriptive language got a little over the top for me.
As a result I felt more as if I were reading some really dark and disturbing poetry rather than a short story and got a bit lost in the author's verse.
It was not bad. I have no fault with the writing itself or the editing.
It just wasn't really my thing. For me, it only got three stars, because I felt that Connell's mastery of description was so well done at times, or it probably would have been two. To someone who enjoys this type of work I'm sure it would be a star book.
The Life of Polycrates and Other Stories for Antiquated Children
Nov 25, Austine NovelKnight rated it liked it. Not Your Average Bear: I expected this collection of stories to be boring, like reading a textbook.
However, I was pleasantly surprised by the dark, somewhat twisted world Connell writes about. The writing took some getting used to, especially at the beginning where the reader is bombarded with unusual names, but it all fell into place and made for an enjoyable read. Connell's writing style is very different from the YA novels I'm used to reading but I still enjoyed the stories.
A Review of “The Life of Polycrates & Other Stories for Antiquated Children” by Brendan Connell
The Life of Polycrates - Is this real? Half the time I believed I was reading from an ancient scroll that was a record of Polycrates, destined to rule Samos but forced to take the throne after he was gone for a time. Then it went on to discuss his reign. Connell's writing took me back to that time. The Other Stories - Very entertaining: Following his novella is a collection of short stories. To sum things up: love, the strange and unusual, comedic, dark.
Those seem like a bunch of random words, but they describe Connell's stories respectively. There's such a wide range of themes that I don't think discussing each story individually will do them justice. Instead, I urge you to read them yourself. Jan 03, Steve Donoghue rated it liked it Shelves: older-books.
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