This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The only way to ensure a piece of literature’s ability to stand the test of time is to first provide it with a simple yet strong thematic foundation. Plenty of English authors - from Tolkien to Shelley to Shakespeare - have demonstrated understanding of this basic truth, and their works have consequently held their artistic merit and entertainment value for centuries. Naturally, many of the earliest Western classics are attributable to no one in particular, and their oral origins only…