Category: Book Watership Down

The novel is shaped like a child book. It tells us about the adventures of some little fluffy rabbits, but if we read attentively, we’ll see the lots of allusions to mythology (especially “Iliad”, “Odyssey” and “Aeneid”), the modern politics and some historical events. But still, you may choose to look at the rabbits and…

Watership Down Watership Down, Richard Adams’ first novel, made its way into my life in the Christmas of 1974 and has drawn me back to its yellowing pages ever since. A present from a much loved uncle, the story of the quest for survival by a brave, easy to love band of rabbits, seemed to…