Reviews for Brodsky Through the Eyes of His Contemporaries (Vol 2) (Studies in Slavic and Russian Litera...

The average rating for Brodsky Through the Eyes of His Contemporaries (Vol 2) (Studies in Slavic and Russian Litera... based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-12-09 00:00:00 Josh Neil This is a gorgeous, coffee-table type book about Topkapi Palace. The photos are clear and they have not suffered from printing, and you get a sense of the scope of the land surrounding the palace, the views from it, and the inside and outside of the architecture. So much light! So much beauty! I truly hope I can go to Turkey someday. The accompanying text was informative and gives a good sense of the importance of this palace in the Ottoman empire, which people contributed significant elements, and how it changed over time. I thought it was interesting that weddings took place in the Room of Circumcision (a gorgeous room with beautifully patterned blue tile, but perhaps not something you'd expect on a wedding invitation!)

Review # 2 was written on 2015-08-22 00:00:00 Carlos Paz It seems this book doesn't know what it wants to be. Light-hearted satire? Radical, subversive, serious info? It goes back and forth between being a little silly and pretty darn preachy. And then out of nowhere it talks about recording artists doing "backmasking" and I can't tell if the author really thinks The Beatles put hidden backwards messages in their music or if this is meant as humorous satire. A frustrating read, to say the least.