![]() From that point, the literary and mythical allusions come so fast and thick, it’s almost impossible to keep up. ![]() After Golias rescues Shandon from a life as a pig (compliments of Circe), he and Shandon are thrown together with a Viking raiding party. This journey is one of self-discovery for Shandon, with the living literature he meets serving as the catalyst for his development. Golias saves Shandon’s life and becomes his guide and traveling companion through the strange country known as the Commonwealth. After the ship sinks, Shandon is thrown together with the mysterious Boyan Taliesin Golias. Already, Myers Myers is hinting at the primary component of the book - the Naglfar is the ship that Loki pilots to Ragnorak. The dreadfully dull A.Clarence Shandon (B.A., Business Administration) is on board the Naglfar (several days out of Baltimore) and threatened by shipwreck. His main character learns about himself by participating in the lives of other literary figures.Ī chance event and a preliminary literary allusion start the story in Silverlock. ![]() John Myers Myers takes a novel approach to this genre in Silverlock. These voyages speak to human beings’ desire to answer fundamental questions about their place in the world. The journey takes many forms: Gilgamesh searching for immortality Dante’s trips to Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory and Wyatt and Billy’s road trip in Easy Rider, among many others. Journeys of self-discovery appearing in every genre, teaching us about the main character as well as ourselves.
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