![]() Other reviewers have called it both an “allegory,” and a “parable ” it contains a layer of spiritual associations, much like The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, You feel the message between the lines it gently leads the reader forward. It is also a story of invasion, political unrest, and the power of nature to overcome. ![]() The Ardent Swarm is the poignant story of one man’s devotion, loss, resilience, and persistence. So, it is not surprising that bees as literary metaphor is found in the Bible, the Quran, Shakespeare, by scholars of the Renaissance (14 th -17 th centuries), and the Enlightenment (16th-17 th centuries), to name only a few. More than metaphor, The Ardent Swarm stands as a statement about nature, life, human behavior and unwarranted invasion.īees have been in existence far longer than man, and as Joseph Campana states, “Without the Animal, there is no human” (2013). ![]() I searched for information, but kept coming back to The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai. ![]() ![]() What started as a post about the use of “bees” as literary metaphor became something entirely different than I had first imagined. Translated by Laura Vergnand –A Book Review ![]()
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