Revolt of the Angels - Anatole France BOOK REVIEW

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[nikkivenable]

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[RyanLisbon]

It felt like Cliff liked this book the more he talked about it. That's a good sign. Great review as always - thanks for putting a new author on our Hellish radars.

[ellelala]

Read Thaïs by Anatole France ages ago. Many writers idolized him. Thanks for reminding us about him, Cliff.

[billyalarie]

I haven’t seen you on my suggestions in ages. Glad to see it, and glad you’re back on it.

[dianal.clausen]

Well, your valued review left me cold to read it. However, it did inspire me to.approach/ tackle, for the first time, Paradise Lost. I'm 81 so I probably shouldn't avoid it much longer or I may learn about it first hand LOL
For sure, I'm a true, dedicated fan. I do cheat a little bit with Benjamin McEvoy; honesty is the best policy in any close relationship. Right?
Going to check if I've missed any more of your oeuvre, so to say. Adoring you intellectually from Chicago, Dahling (a little Freddie ❤️ is always good, nes pa?). Mercury.

[THFLCNx]

Very glad to hear your thoughts on this one. I've debated reading Revolt of the Angels but wasn't sure if I ought to. I knew it was a sort of political satire, but I didn't know it was as thin as you make it sound. I think you're probably right about the missed opportunity with the character of Satan. That's *the* reason why Paradise Lost is as grand as it is, because the big D is so multifaceted in that work. This would probably feel like a letdown for me. Great review! :)

[annabankiewicz]

Hi, have you read The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann? Absolute classic, amazing author. I first read it when I was 14 and it's been stuck in my head ever since. Would be wonderful to see you review this one. Anyways, love your videos and thank you for your great work.

[Linares]

One of the main draws I've always had with the idea of eternity is how it frames bad events. I think drawing meaning and wisdom from suffering would be a lot easier if the bad times weren't spending the time one has. Older people seem to have a lot of regrets on wasting time keeping on with failed things and not doing what they wish. Maybe the lack of lost time in eternity would take too much of the edge of suffering, and you wouldn't really feel the blow or something, but for me that's romanticizing the pain over the lesson.
If we are talking about an afterlife though, would it really be a kind of existence like this, but forever? I feel like an eternal being would be almost by necessity different in other ways too.

[joevonwolfenstein]

How do you keep the walet in your pocket ? I don't want aerotags just a way to keep it in my pocket.

[shaneharrington]

When you were describing the angels on earth I just kept getting flashbacks of the Goo Goo music video from that movie where Nic Cage is an Angel.

[kevinkrochak]

Thank you again for another insightful (and freaking hilarious) review.

[_blue_vision_]

I'm sure you're aware already, but the concept of a demiurge (Jaldabaoth) comes from Gnosticism. I've yet to read this one but I wouldn't be surprised if the author was a gnostic or at least heavily influenced by it.

[acuerdox]

18:07 if you think that's odd then you'll love to read "the machine stops" by E. M. Forster (1909)

[reaganwiles_art]

What I've read by France: The Gods Will Have Blood, Sylvestre Bonnard, Thais (havent finished). ? A few short stories... I liked them, all of them. The Gods Will Have Blood is a great novel of the Revolution.

[efleishermedia]

Man I loved this one. I had never heard of it and bought it for the gorgeous book itself, but man the story was a shockingly subversive and hilarious satire I was not expecting

[anibalpella-woo]

Saramago’s “Death with interruptions” might be a good follow up for the question on desiring an eternal life.

[Myna.bird.asmaa.alhosani]

I wanna know what you would think of (the unconsoled) by Kazou ishiguro. It’s toooo long for what it’s trying to do but it’s really interesting.

[ceephaxx]

I would definitely recommend giving 'Penguin Island' a spin. It's a hilarious satire on history, theology, art etc.
You can see how it influenced Kurt Vonnegut's 'Galapagos'.

[azazeln]

Μας έχεις διαλύσει ρε Cliff! Πόσα βιβλία θα μας κάνεις να αγοράσουμε;

[liamwhalen]

Revelation is pretty clear for the elect. Eternal worship at the throne of the Devine. It scares me, but I’m working on it. Not that I’m elect, but if that is the afterlife for the elect, what is everyone else doing? The meek will have the earth, but I’m afraid I’m somewhere in the middle of the spectrum between meek and elect.