Quotes from Henryk Sienkiewicz's books, and about them
Quo Vadis on Iliad: “AEschylus would not have written his Prometheus had there been no fire, just as Homer would not have written the Iliad had there been no Trojan war.”
Quo Vadis on Prometheus Bound: “Æschylus would not have written his Prometheus had there been no fire, just as Homer would not have written the Iliad had there been no Trojan war.”
Quo Vadis on Eclogues: “I am looking also for Persius, and a certain edition of the Eclogues of Vergilius, which I do not possess.”
Quo Vadis on Idylls: “During the meal a lector read to them the Idyls of Theocritus.”
Quo Vadis on Troica (The Burning of Troy): “He would appear in the Olympic games, as a poet, with his ‘Burning of Troy’; as a charioteer, as a musician, as an athlete”
The Art of Fiction on Quo Vadis: “On the other hand, I consider Quo Vadis, technically, one of the best-constructed novels ever written, yet I do not agree with its message...”
2666 on The Deluge: “"With God's help, the sun will shine again on Poland." The Deluge, Sienkiewicz.”