
The Memoir of the Minotaur
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Narrado por:
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Charles Geddes
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Tom Shachtman
The Memoir of the Minotaur is the posthumous confessions of the half-man, half-bull of Crete, as offered to an audience of recently deceased 21st-century fellow souls in Hades’ domain. This book is a satire for listeners unafraid of a rollicking good tale involving anatomically complex beings, unforgivable puns, the champion serial killer of all time, scantily clad Greek maidens and youths, articulate tyrants, and feminist proto-history leavened with theological impertinence.
The Memoir of the Minotaur shares its form with other popular retellings of the monster narrative such as John Gardner’s Grendel, and the narrative voice has likenesses to the exuberance, bawdiness, and blasphemy of Salman Rushdie and John Barth.
Packed with actions both big and small, while containing a breadth of complexity as it deals with themes of power, violence, sexuality, and the role of storytelling, its most endearing quality is the hilarity and absurdity of our classical values interacting with our animalistic cores. Ultimately, the book is riotous.
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Interim review- enjoyed the book.
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A horrific tale
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Despite the satire and sarcasm of the Minotaur (or perhaps because of it), this book manages to be quite deep as well, offering insight into humans and life. The narrator does a good job of capturing the Minotaur's character, who is at times condescending and aloof, looking down upon human foibles, and at other times mournful for his lost humanity and the innocence he had when he lived as a simple animal.
I received this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. I recommend it for anyone who can stomach graphic references to sex, gore, and cannibalism.
The other side of the classic Greek story
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Not my Usual type of read/listen!
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I hope you enjoy it as much as I did
Interview with the Minotaur
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A satire take on the minotaur myth
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Not for me
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