Reader recommendation: Sparta
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
By
Nancy Gabriel, Ithaca N.Y.
Sparta, Roxana Robinson鈥檚 latest novel, beautifully weaves the tragic irony of modern warfare聽fought in the 鈥渃radle of civilization鈥�: Iraq.聽 The young hero was called聽to the warrior life聽by his study of ancient Sparta. The author鈥檚 compassion and meticulous research render this returned veteran's experience 鈥� as well as the premises of war itself 鈥� searchingly.