The Outcasts edition by Bill Bucko Literature Fiction eBooks
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A 14 year old boy at the dawn of the Renaissance ... in a world of believers, he dared to say "It would cost me my soul if I didn't question."
The Outcasts is the story of a family destroyed by the "family values" of faith, obedience, and conformity ... and a boy's rebellious quest for truth.
It's the story of Messer Agostino, a gruff patriarch who staggers back to his native Florence after being held a political prisoner for five years, his eyes burning with religious fervor--to find the city has sold his house for back taxes, his wife fears and hates him, and his son has turned away from the Church.
And it tells of his young wife Monna Teresa, obsessed by the damnation of unbaptized infants--who fears her husband will discover the secret she hides behind locked doors--and, in mounting hysteria, keeps a bottle of holy water at her bedside.
And it's the story of Marco, beaten since early childhood to teach him "you do as you're told"--a lesson he refuses to learn. An outcast and alone in the world--till he sees a savage Tartar slave girl stepping off a boat, in chains ...
These are people who stake everything on their beliefs--and pay the consequences, however high. Powerfully conceived, dramatically plotted, The Outcasts is a counterpart of The Brothers Karamazov, written from an opposite point of view the unbeliever's. There's never been a novel to challenge Dostoyevsky's oft-quoted dictum that religion and morality are inseparable--no story that celebrates the pure gutsy rebelliousness of a thinker who dares to question and defy centuries of dogma. Until now.
"It will become a classic in the 21st century."
Edward Cline, author of the Sparrowhawk series, First Prize, Honors Due, China Basin, We Three Kings, etc.
The Outcasts edition by Bill Bucko Literature Fiction eBooks
We're surrounded by enemies with centuries of tried and proven effective weaponry. There's faith, family, tradition and conformity in the cordon, inexorably linked with their mates--arbitrary, contradictory laws, and government force. Moreover, we accept our fate and even agree with the enemy. Except for one, alone--a rebel who rejects all this. How is he to survive in such a world, let alone break through?The great ancient warrior-philosopher, Chuang Tzu, said "When on encircled ground, devise a strategy to free yourself."
Bill Bucko's "The Outcasts" dramatizes a moral/practical solution to such a dilemma.
If I were asked to recommend this book, I would answer, "Sure."
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The Outcasts edition by Bill Bucko Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I love "The Outcasts" and love how Bill writes. It is a reverse Dostoevski, indeed. There are times when I think of Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavran's Daughter or Jane Smiley's The Greenlanders, at other times I think of Ayn Rand's Anthem. The struggle of reason against faith is presented clearly, with all of its dark clouds and the valiant efforts of a young absolutist of reality-based thinking. So much simple old magic has grown around the catholic religion!
Now I have read the entire "The Outcasts" and re-read the prologue. I did not keep the story in the prologue fresh in my mind, and did not make the connections as I read the main chapters. Now I get it.
I was convinced even before I got to the conclusion and notes that you had done a lot of research. Furthermore, a lot of the places you described had a freshness for me, partly due to having traveled in the area (Florence and other parts of Northern Italy) with Mary Ann in 2005.
First a general opinion. I read this on for PC, as it wasn't available for my KOBO. The book held my attention enough to engage it for hours at a time; it was an enjoyable and suspenseful experience. It is a very worthwhile read.
About it's sense of life It is a ten out of ten, but that is the Objectivist in me speaking. I couldn't help observing Ayn Rand shining through some of the words expressed. I wonder how a non-Objectivist would respond to these ideas in that setting. The contrast against the stifling religious background is stark indeed. This is not a book with which a religious person will be comfortable.
About style. The book is very well written, and I marvel at the details covered, along with the research involved. Much of the book involves descriptions of Italy around the year 1400, right down to the names of streets and buildings. For those who have been to Florence, the scenes may have come quickly to mind, but it requires effort to take the time to construct a mental image from the descriptions, for the unfamiliar.
About the storyThis is a good story of triumph over misery. It has heroes, villains and those between. It really shows how dominated by the church, life was then (it still is for many to this very day).
The story is educational in the historical sense because it does put one in the picture. As mentioned before, it takes time to absorb the visual descriptions, and one almost wishes for a map to help in this effort.
There is a range of characters to invite discussion. The following is my subjective observation of some of them in a questioning vein. One destroyed by the inability to question, another changing character inexplicably, another rigidly uncompromising, and still another wise beyond his years.
The Father at first appears a strong uncompromising man, but in the end this (unlike his son) works against him. The lesson is that WHAT you are uncompromising on also counts.
The Hero The character a reasonable person will love to identify with, and of course the point of the book. Someone who looks to reality for the answers and succeeds as a result.
In summary, a book worth the time and money to read. It is beautifully written and quite educational, It's shows a religious world with its true character exposed.
We're surrounded by enemies with centuries of tried and proven effective weaponry. There's faith, family, tradition and conformity in the cordon, inexorably linked with their mates--arbitrary, contradictory laws, and government force. Moreover, we accept our fate and even agree with the enemy. Except for one, alone--a rebel who rejects all this. How is he to survive in such a world, let alone break through?
The great ancient warrior-philosopher, Chuang Tzu, said "When on encircled ground, devise a strategy to free yourself."
Bill Bucko's "The Outcasts" dramatizes a moral/practical solution to such a dilemma.
If I were asked to recommend this book, I would answer, "Sure."
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