When I went to the U of U one of my best friends was Igor Splawski. Igor was a scientist at the U of U and actually helped to discover the gene that can tell if you will have heart problems. There is actually an article about him here:
He was from Bulgaria and is now married with children living in Boston. He was extremely intelligent and loved art and good books. He loved to give me books to read and this was one of them. Quo Vadis is one of my favorite books. I would encourage everyone to read it.
1898. Sienkiewicz is regarded as the most outstanding and prolific Polish writer of the second half of the nineteenth century. The winner of the Nobel Prize in 1905, he is best known for his epic historical novel Quo Vadis, which depicts early Christianity and the persecutions. The story follows Vinicius, a soldier, who, in order to win the love of Ligia, a Christian, must come to understand the true meaning of her religion, even as Rome sinks under the excesses of Nero and Christians are thrown to the lions.
Here is a popular passage from the book:"If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing."
Open your horizons and read this book, you will enjoy it so much! I have one caveat about this book, I don't recall if their was anything offensive in it. Perhaps it's because what is offensive to me know may not have been offensive to me back then. Or perhaps I just don't remember anything except that I loved it.
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