Recently, for the second time so far, I read 2 different books that covered the same/similar topic. I never planned for these books to coincide, but I guess it was bound to happen when anyone has specific taste for literature.
The first unexpected pair was 2 years ago, when I read Cicero’s On living and dying well, followed by Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Turns out Cicero and Caesar were contemporaries.
The second one was the combination of The epic of Gilgamesh, after which I read Roberto Calasso’s The tablet of Destinies. Calasso in a way branches off of Gilgamesh, while still giving light to the original. This pair completely threw me off, I enjoyed it greatly, and strongly recommend it to anyone willing. I even had some biblical level dreams about these two books.
Since it happened twice, I have to ask: what unexpected pairs have y’all stumbled upon?
by amestens