From: "Alice K. Turner" 
Subject: Re: (urth) The Devil In A Forest and St. Olaf of Norway
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:09:01 -0400


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From: "Josh Geller" 
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Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 2:27 PM
Subject: (urth) The Devil In A Forest and St. Olaf of Norway


>
>
> The Devil In A Forest is perhaps a minor work, but an extremely
> interesting one.
>
> There's a hamlet in the woods, the woodcutters who are relics of a
> previous stage of civilization, a bandit who is a woodcutter aristocrat, a
> witch who knows the technology of the old civilization, megalithic ruins
> that are 'not a town' etc.
>
> This is one of the most valuable books for people trying to understand the
> old civilization of Europe.

A much better novel, set at about the same time, same station, is -Morality
Play- by Barry Unsworth. Recommended to this group.

-alga



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