Over on the main Emona Literary Services™ website, I’ve posted my book recommendation for Orlando Furioso, one of my favourite books ever that I first encountered in my European Lit class back during my undergrad.
[T]his is still basically Dynasty Wariors: The Italian Poem, so no matter what form the words of the story are being delivered in, it’s still an epic story about larger than life heroes swooping in on hippogriffs, blasting each other with magic shields, fighting giants and sea monsters and generally being epic and impressive. Regardless of translation, the story itself is fantastic, by, multiple meanings of the word.
Read the full thing here:
Incidentally, it’s because of Orlando Furioso that there’s a Realmgard character named Roland with an Uncle Chuck…
My other recommendations are here.
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