Reviews for Food: Its Evolution Through the Ages

The average rating for Food: Its Evolution Through the Ages based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-02-03 00:00:00 James J Slawski A really interesting look at how writing is used to hurt other people, and how very profoundly it does hurt people

Review # 2 was written on 2010-04-25 00:00:00 Alan Hanson This book will be easy to relate to for writers! Literature as revenge, as purging of pain and anger is a no brainer. Much of the history of these writers is pooled in pain. Where many writers have claimed that 'anyone who uses their own life as literature has no imagination', I have found that every writer collects what they experience to create. It's not a far reach to imagine writers using fiction to vent things that they have kept repressed and to lash out with INK at those who have hurt them. Djuna Barnes' life was deeply depressing to read about and it's no wonder she exposed her families depravity in her art. Was it simply about 'revenge' or more as a road to the healing process? Was writing more her only way to scream about the injustices she had been subjected to? Leonard Woolf was cruel in using Virginia in his writing, and maybe the saying 'the pen is mighty than the sword' spoke volumes for those who have been on the receiving end of vicious writing. Writer's aren't always kind when using real people to create characters, but writing is like an artist's caricature where the worse parts of someone is magnified. On the other hand, sometimes people just don't like the truth of who they are rubbed in their face and then written in a book that may outlive them. This book was a nice find in the used book store. I recommend it specifically to writers.