“ספר לא מובן. לא ברור מה בדיוק רצתה הסופרת לכתוב ומה הסיפור שהיא רוצה לספר. כן ברור הניסיון לחבר שמות יוונים עתיקים לשפת רחוב זולה של ימנו. התוצאה - גרועה מאד.”

“Told in the PoV of Aristotle, this is the story of his relationship with young Alexander of Macedonia, whose mentor he was for years. Though Macedonian by birth, Aristotle is Greek by choice and is quite turned off at first by the 'barbarism' of his friend King Phillip's court. But he and his wife make a life there, as he becomes friends with members of the royal household (and an aging actor), especially as he learns to accept and love both Alexander, whose warlike and conflicted nature is a source of constant concern and whom he tries to teach to be a better man, and his brother Arrhidaeus, whom Aristotle teaches how to live.

All initial concerns about reading a book whose main character is a philosopher flow out of the window after the first couple of pages - there's nothing ancient-like or boring about this book. It's written in present tense (my favourite way of reading historical fiction since "Wolf Hall") and though it does have a sense of time and place, it could have taken place yesterday - everything's so vivid and matter-of-fact.”

“אלכסנדר מוקדון סיפורו על ידי אריסטו”