Kate’s 2¢: “Shardik” by Richard Adams

“Shardik” by Richard Adams

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m

—   Richard Adams is the author of “Watership Down”.

— John Lee did a wonderful job of reading this lengthy story.

–Shardik is about the religious impulse and the ardor of worship…themes of power, politics, corruption, ant the nature of religious faith.

–To remove the burden of guilt is the purpose of all religions.

–“…an odd cult that has no little influence of the life of this province,…worship the memory of a gigantic bear, which they believe too been divined. The death of this bear, somehow availed, …to free certain enslaved children and, on this account, they consider the security and happiness of all children to be of importance to them and their welfare a sacred duty…”

   I thoroughly enjoyed this made up story in a made up land with its foreign names and places and the rich descriptions of the topography.

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Richard George Adams was born on 9 May 1920 in Wash Common, near Newbury, Berkshire, England, the son of Lillian Rosa (Button) and Evelyn George Beadon Adams, a doctor. He attended Horris Hill School from 1926 to 1933, and then Bradfield College from 1933 to 1938. In 1938, he went to Worcester College, Oxford, to read Modern History. In July 1940, Adams was called up to join the military. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army during World War II. Afterwards, he completed his studies, and then joined the British Civil Service.

   Adams is the author of “Watership Downs”, The Plague Dogs”, and “Shardik” among other books.

From NLS/BARD/LOC”

Shardik DB103486

Adams, Richard. Reading time: 23 hours, 51 minutes.

Read by John Lee.

General

In this fantasy of adventure, horror, and romance, the author tells of the gigantic bear Shardik and his appearance among the Ortelgan people. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 1974.