The Philosopher's Crystal by Marcin Dolecki - Guest Blogger Book Review
Synopsis
Twenty-year-old Philip
lives alone in an authoritarian country, his parents arrested after the
imperial police find a secret notebook in their apartment. Then one
evening Philip meets an uncommon girl, her name Julia, possibly on the
run from the police, or sent to him as a secret agent by the state.
Despite his concerns, he offers to put her up for the night. In the
morning a mysterious person knocks on his door and advises him to escape
immediately. This is how the couple's strange, paradoxical and
hazardous journey begins, leading Philip and Julia in a quest through
time to the collapsing Roman empire, 17th century Amsterdam and the
medieval Indian jungle. During their travel they meet famous
philosophers who confront the couple with existential questions - only
to find that the answers Philip and Julia discover will help them face
the ultimate danger.
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Jennifer's Review
It was a good
book.
A bit hard to read, and a bit confusing, but it’s about this young man
who believes he is about to be arrested for something related to his
parents
and their jobs, so he, with a girl he just met, runs to an abandoned
house, goes down a hatch, finds a laboratory, and finds a cool object.
When
they mess around with it, they are sent back in time to learn about
philosopy and have serious discussions with specific
people, mostly about God and life. It takes them three tries before they can
return to where they were before they went back in time. Near the end,
it gets very interesting.
I give this book 3 stars.
Author Bio
Marcin Dolecki is a philosopher, chemist and historian of
chemistry (PhD). He developed his own philosophical concept - oneiric
personalism. Marcin is also interested in political geography and in the
history of Ethiopia. He loves cycling and vintage buses. He blogs at:
Double-Edged (S)words: mdolecki.wordpress.com
2 Comments
Thank you very much for this review :) Marcin Dolecki
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! :)
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