So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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The author makes two comments regarding historical quotes in her introduction: One from Churchill "The victors write the history", and one from an anonymous African chief "The Lion writes the history of the Giraffe" really describe the book (and the reason we have not seen anything like it before).
Rose Kennedy said "If I don't verbalize it, I don't have to deal with it".
All of these statements fit this book perfectly. I have been living with BLACK colored glasses for 60 years. This book has shattered those glasses and finally begun to permit me to see the light.
"I'm sorry" is a pathetically inadequate term in response to this work.
The book is spellbinding.
I wish to God this book had been published in the late 60's, things would definitely be different today.
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The author makes two comments regarding historical quotes in her introduction: One from Churchill "The victors write the history", and one from an anonymous African chief "The Lion writes the history of the Giraffe" really describe the book (and the reason we have not seen anything like it before).Rose Kennedy said "If I don't verbalize it, I don't have to deal with it".
All of these statements fit this book perfectly. I have been living with BLACK colored glasses for 60 years. This book has shattered those glasses and finally begun to permit me to see the light.
"I'm sorry" is a pathetically inadequate term in response to this work.
The book is spellbinding.
I wish to God this book had been published in the late 60's, things would definitely be different today.
(6 of 7 readers found this comment helpful)