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Sarastro's Cave: Letters from the Recent Past

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Sarastro's Cave: Letters from the Recent Past
AuthorRichard Velkley
Genreepistolary novella
Published2021
PublisherMercer University Press
Media typePrint
Pages95 pp.
ISBN9780881467802

Sarastro's Cave: Letters from the Recent Past is an epistolary philosophical novella by Richard Velkley.[1] It is the story of Clovis Mendling, a professor of history, who tries after a successful surgery to discover a more transparent sense of himself through presenting himself in letters to his friends.[2]

Reception

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Charlotte Thomas (Mercer University)[2] and Mary Townsend (St. John's University)[3] reviewed the book in The Review of Metaphysics and The Hedgehog Review. It also received short reviews from Fred Baumann (Kenyon College), Susan Shell (Boston College) and Richard Eldridge (Swarthmore College). The novella was introduced as one of the Best Books of 2022 by Mosaic.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Newsletter" (PDF). Telluride Association.
  2. ^ a b Thomas, Charlotte (June 2022). "Sarastro's Cave: Letters from the Recent Past by Richard Velkley". The Review of Metaphysics. 75 (4): 833–835. doi:10.1353/rvm.2022.0029.
  3. ^ Townsend, Mary (Spring 2023). "Desire in the Cave". The Hedgehog Review. 25 (1).
  4. ^ "The Best Books of 2022, Chosen by Mosaic Authors". Mosaic.
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