The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson (2007): A Review
Winterson seems to have asked herself, "Why choose just one genre when you can throw everything into a literary blender?" And wow, did that blender whir! It's not just a novel—it's a thought-provoking workout for your brain. She masterfully weaves together literary, social, philosophical, gender, AI, cyborg, climate change, and historical theories into one book. The result is brilliant and captivating. Every sentence feels like a philosophical TikTok waiting to go viral—just make sure you’re not sharing it online, or you might end up in copyright jail!
"The Stone Gods" unfolds in four parts with delightfully intricate timelines. Past, present, and future interweave so skillfully that you might wonder if you've stepped through a time portal. Like a literary escape room, each timeline challenges you to piece together the puzzle. At its heart lies a profound message: "Everything is imprinted forever with what it once was." Humanity, it seems, is destined to dance on an endless carousel of its own mistakes.
At its core, this is a beautiful love story set against humanity's darkest hours—but not your typical romance. It explores the complex love-hate relationship between humans and nature, alongside a fascinating connection between Homo sapiens and Robo sapiens—the latter embodying what many wish humanity could become.
I was delighted to find echoes of Robinson Crusoe throughout each story segment. It's like a literary treasure hunt that rewards readers with a strong literary background (or at least a working knowledge of Wikipedia). Winterson's clever references to other works, combined with her masterful use of intertextuality and self-referentiality, create a feast for literary enthusiasts. It makes you wonder: perhaps literature itself is caught in an endless cycle of reinvention.
Re "a fascinating connection between Homo sapiens and Robo sapiens—the latter embodying what many wish humanity could become"
ReplyDeleteThat connection is called the lunacy of "homo sapiens" ...
At the core of homo sapiens is unwisdom (ie, madness) and so the human label of "wise" (ie, sapiens) is a complete collective self-delusion --- study the free scholarly essay “The 2 Married Pink Elephants In The Historical Room" ... https://www.rolf-hefti.com/covid-19-coronavirus.html
“When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker, a raving lunatic.” --- Dresden James
Once you understand that humans are "invisibly" insane (pink elephant people, see cited essay) you'll UNDERSTAND (well, perhaps) why they, especially their alleged experts, perpetually come up with myths and lies about everything ... including about themselves (their nature, their intelligence, their origins, their "supreme" status, etc).
“Repeating what others say and think is not being awake. Humans have been sold many lies...God, Jesus, Democracy, Money, Education, etc. If you haven't explored your beliefs about life, then you are not awake.” --- E.J. Doyle, songwriter
Isn’t it about time for anyone to wake up to the ULTIMATE DEPTH of the human rabbit hole — rather than remain blissfully willfully ignorant in a narcissistic fantasy land and play victim like a little child?
The official narrative is… “trust official science” and "trust the authorities" but as with these and all other "official narratives" they want you to trust and believe …
“We’ll know our Disinformation Program is complete when everything the American public [and global public] believes is false.” —William Casey, a former CIA director=a leading psychopathic criminal of the genocidal US regime
"Separate what you know from what you THINK you know." --- Unknown