Karen L. (-veggiemama-) reviewed This may take work to "really get," but it's worth it on + 10 more book reviews
Time and fashion may have passed Cabell by, but Jurgen is still one of the wonders of literature. If you like wordplay of all kinds (anagrams, different languages, puns, you name it), then this is a book you need to read. Have a dictionary handy, or perhaps a passing knowledge of (at least) French and Russian, and this book is both funny and edifying. Cabell loved wordplay, and Jurgen is his crowning achievement.
The book was actually banned; authorities figured those odd words and puns just *had* to be something obscene. They weren't sure what, but it *had* to be... :)
The book was actually banned; authorities figured those odd words and puns just *had* to be something obscene. They weren't sure what, but it *had* to be... :)
