--- product_id: 98183547 title: "Creation" brand: "gore vidal" price: "SAR 113" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/98183547-creation store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # Creation **Brand:** gore vidal **Price:** SAR 113 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Creation by gore vidal - **How much does it cost?** SAR 113 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/98183547-creation) ## Best For - gore vidal enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted gore vidal brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Creation ## Images ![Creation - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91UlGJvU7-L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Best *by C***Y on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 May 2014* I re-read this book about once every two years, and I think I've gone through three copies. As historical novels go it avoids the present over-active sex and slaying model, and goes for the reasoned wanderer. Just as with the great Alfred Duggan (all of whose narrators sound like a slightly blasé English gentleman) the narrator of Creation (Cyrus Spitama) is a New England Yankee - he is Gore Vidal but on a really good day. The Greek Wars have been purloined for the purpose of comparison with the War of Terror. But Vidal goes back to the older world where British and American imperialists and scholars worshipped at the feet of Greece and Rome; he then suggests a good deal of the received view of the Greek Wars (and much else Persian) is wrong - in some cases anticipating future scholarship. The poem "The Persian Version" by Robert Graves predates Creation and shows the same refusal to accept the received view (as well as allowing a pop at Great War military reporting). Gore Vidal does not simply write a contrarian history; he has identified that in one lifetime a person could have met (or met at one remove) a list of great philosophers (Zoroaster, Socrates, the Buddha, Mahavira, Lao Tsu, and Confucius) and historical characters (Perikles, Thucydides, Darius, Xerxes and many other Greek and Persian names). At times the novel is reportage, and others a travelogue, a commentary on various religions, and an arch tale of the life of a courtier.It is a wonderful piece of work; immerse yourself in it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Would Gore approve of Amazon's union-busting? *by G***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2024* Fabulous adventure examining global relations in the age of Confucius, Zoroaster and Darius the Great. Tyranny is everywhere and exists today where multinational corporations refuse to allow workers to organise. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars .....or Corruption? *by P***M on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2010* I've actually come back to edit this review. I gave it 2 stars originally and it frustrated the hell out of me. I can now see with some distance that it is far better than the other books I gave a 2 star rating to. The problem with Gore Vidal and his 'historical' novels is that you can be sun dazzled by his erudition whilst failing to recognise what he said himself about his historical novels - nobody knew what it was really like so my 'interpretation' is as good as any other. Interpretation yes. Elaboration? Hmmmmm. There is of course the sense that if a story is worth telling, it's worth elaborating, but then that takes us away from the 'Historical' and puts us completely into the world of the 'Novel'. So Vidal 'elaborates' on history - but boy can he write. Anything that Vidal writes is generally better than 60 m aybe 70% of contemporary fiction writers.This Vidalesque historical novel 'brick' comes in at over 650 pages and its scope is vast taking in Periclean Greece, Persia, Zoroastrianism, India, Buddhism, Confucius and China (did I leave something out....probably). The book demonstrates perfectly how an epic of this standard can be both engrossing and tedious. There are parts that I just couldn't get through and had to skip several pages. But there are also parts that are fascinating and brilliantly written. But how do you deal with it? As history...... well hardly. As a novel.... well not really is it, though the character development is worthy of a novel and the narrative runs on (and on and on and on.And essentially the problem still remains - is this HISTORY or is this a NOVEL - b ut then, does it really matter. How much is this a product of Vidal's very fertile and fevered imagination and how much is studied and researched before putting it into his novel context. I found it hard sometimes to jump between the two positions and one position mitigated against the other so that in the end it became a task to get through the complete book to the bitter end and the death of Cyrus Spitama.I find all his novels, of which I truly enjoyed Duluth and Kalki, stand as excellent examples wonderfully written and expounded. ## Frequently Bought Together - Creation - Julian --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/98183547-creation](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/98183547-creation) --- *Product available on Desertcart Saudi Arabia* *Store origin: SA* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*