Wow, I must say this new book gave me a hard time. Apart form the fact that I usually have a harder time listening rather than reading, it turns out it included both the Latin and English version. This got me pretty confused since I completely missed out on the Latin parts, making it difficult for me to understand and keep my mind focused.
However, from what I was able to understand, the fist part of Metamorphoses goes back to the creation. It intends to explain how everything was created and how things became what they now are. According to Metamorphoses, in the beginning it was all a mess. Elements, such as air, water, and land were somehow combined forming a big chunk of matter. But one day, a nameless god, decided to put everything in order, creating mountains, valleys, oceans, and everything we now know.
It was interesting to see a different point of view about a topic like this. As o the title of the book, I must say to me it makes reference to the fact that we are constantly undergoing a kind of process, evolution in way, in which we are continually changing. Almost nothing in our surroundings is permanent, thereby we undergo a metamorphoses. I'm not so sure how this reading or listening will proceed, but I certainly hope to get the hang of it soon.
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