250-page
paperback -- recently translated from Spanish --
written 2013 -- on New Book Shelf at the Library.
Aristophanes
first wrote about the battle of the sexes 2525 years ago. That’s a Biblical 101 generations of human
evolution; not much on a lab rat chart, we’ve got a long way to go yet.
In recent
times it was those Brits: Willie’s “Taming of the Shrew,” and Shaw’s “Kate,” that
led up to, “Guys and Dolls,” the New York edition of “Me-Jane: You-Tarzan.
More
important for those of you who might read this recommendation is that the
“Dolls” in this novel are a Librarian and her new-found friends in a town that
treasures knowledge (the school teacher) and education (the book store
proprietor), albeit not too formally: everyone (the men) frown on rote. That’s why I thought it might be of interest.
This will
unfortunately, never be a movie, TV show, or have a sequel. The characters all live happily ever after,
and so it’s more of a fairy tale.
The joy of
this read is the challenge, like in a mystery story, of knowing initially, or
after researching and finding out, what the references are. Of honing one’s arguments for and against
learning by discovery or rote; of siding with new inspirational blood or wise
experiential training.
This book is
a text in rhetoric for a Librarian: knowledgeable and sufficiently informed, to
present all sides of the truth of a matter.
No comments:
Post a Comment