Synopses & Reviews
Oriana Fallaci is back with her much-anticipated follow up to
The Rage and the Pride, her powerful post-September 11 manifesto. The genesis for
The Force of Reason was a postscript entitled "Due Anni Dopo (Two Years Later)," which was intended as a brief appendix to the thirtieth edition of
The Rage and the Pride (2002). Once Ms. Fallaci completed the postscript, she chose to expand it into a book, a continuation of her ideas set in motion in
The Rage and the Pride.
In The Force of Reason Fallaci takes aim at the many attacks and death threats she received after the publication of The Rage and the Pride. Ms. Fallaci begins by identifying herself with one Master Cecco, the author of a heretical book who was burnt at the stake during the Inquisition seven centuries ago on account of his beliefs, and proceeds with a rigorous analysis of the burning of Troy and the creation of a Europe that, to her judgment, is no longer her familiar homeland but rather a place best called Eurabia, a soon-to-be colony of Islam (with Italy as its stronghold). Ms. Fallaci explores her ideas in historical, philosophical, moral, and political terms, courageously addressing taboo topics with sharp logic.
Review
"[Fallaci] has combined history with episodes of riveting firsthand reportage into a form that reads like a real-life conspiracy thriller....Considerably less intemperate than her last book on the topic of radical Islam, the volcanically angry The Rage and the Pride, The Force of Reason is despairing, but often surprisingly funny....And, Fallaci being Fallaci, it is occasionally over the top and will no doubt be deeply offensive to many, particularly when, in a postscript the book might have been better off without, she claims that there is no such thing as moderate Islam." Brendan Bernhard, LA Weekly (read the entire LA Weekly review here)
Synopsis
This work is the follow-up to The Rage and The Pride, the author's post-9/11 manifesto. She takes aim at the many attacks and death threats she received after the publication of The Rage and The Pride.
About the Author
As a war correspondent, Oriana Fallaci has covered the great majority of our era's conflicts: from Vietnam to the Middle East; from the 1965 Hungarian insurrection to the 1970s Latin American upheavals; and from the 1968 massacre in Mexico City, where she was seriously wounded, to the Gulf War. Her books, which include popular novels, have been translated into twenty-one languages.