Questions About Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture

by Daniel Mendelsohn

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Is there violence in the book?

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Carla No - other than recapitulations of the violent scenes that occur in Greek tragedies and other classics. The essays are often covering quite serious, s…moreNo - other than recapitulations of the violent scenes that occur in Greek tragedies and other classics. The essays are often covering quite serious, sometimes awful aspects of history - It's a collection of essays on literature and other works of art; it is not a narrative with violent scenes.(less)

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