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To the End of the Land
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David Grossman
koobie
, August 23, 2010
I feel so lucky to have gotten my hands on an advance copy of this terrific novel! (I work at an indie bookstore) Once I got past the unusually challenging beginning to this work, I was fairly riveted for the duration, which is saying something since I normally don't go for fiction much. What captivated me mostly was the fact that the book captures so viscerally the feel of Israel/Palestine and the crazymaking contradictions one encounters so relentlessly there. Throughout Ora's walkabout, I found myself both fascinated with and irritated by her blind spots and appreciative of her perspective & resilience and, hopefully, better able to discern some of my own in my own life.... to me the hallmark of a truly memorable novel. Ever since one trip to the occupied territories decades ago I think I've wished for SOME piece of writing that validated the bizarre feeling of being in such a contested land with such intransigent social taboos around facing the apartheid system squarely and openly. Which is why I was willing to give this novel a chance: nonfiction can present only so broad a range of information. Grossman's skill as a writer gets under the skin, breaks open the heart and connects the thread of one human sorrow with other threads with a profound respect for human complexity, without letting us off the hook ethically. The psychological fracturing of relationships in contemporary Israel/Palestine is so well-articulated in Grossman's characters and the situations they find themselves in, that I now want to reread the book (once I get it back from the lineup of readers I've passed it on to) to see if the surreal beginning is more revelatory to me second time around and to better appreciate the crafting of this admittedly somewhat challenging, but furiously questioning and compassionate story.
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My Spiritual Journey
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Dalai Lama
koobie
, August 23, 2010
I just finished reading an advance copy of the Dalai Lama's new book and was happy to see it measuring up to "Ethics for the New Millenium". Like the earlier book, this one gets more into the meaty stuff of life on this human plane, with all its vagaries and challenges that call -now more than ever- for a mindfulness of how basic Buddhist precepts figure in in our everyday actions. For the engaged practioner, this memoir can serve to deepen our reflection about everyday decisions and their ripple effects, as well as bolster our commitment to community and global healing. In a conversational tone that allows one to feel at home with this 'simple monk' who is sharing his experiences with such candor and mindfulness, it reminds the reader of how much we in the west still have to learn from the Tibetan culture's roads less taken.
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