A Refuge of Lies: Reflections on Faith and Fiction

Bandera (emeritus, Spanish U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) takes a fascinating tour of the truth, and of the truth of truth. He begins by examining two sets of the truth, and the truth of each truth, then turns to Auerbach’s mimesis, Simone Weil between Homer and Christ, truth from Virgil to the modern era, fiction desacralized, and finally, the real reason for Don Quixote’s madness. It is both a very true, and a very fun ride. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)