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Heart-wrenching and heart warming, so beautifully written and one of the best books I've read this year. I lost count of how many times it brought me to tears both happy and sad.
Heart-wrenching and heart warming, so beautifully written and one of the best books I've read this year. I lost count of how many times it brought me to tears both happy and sad.
reflective
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emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
inspiring
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medium-paced
Whew. I am not sure how one comes back from an attempt of his life, that almost succeeded, to share his most intimate reflections, but here it is. A brief reflection, but powerful as Rushdie takes you along in the year post attack. This feels like a very important book for him personally--
"A knife was a tool, and acquired meaning from the use we made of it. Language, too, was a knife. I could cut open the world and reveal its meaning, its inner workings, its secrets, its truths. It could cut through from one reality to another. It could call bullshit, open people's eyes, create beauty. Language was my knife. If I had unexpectedly been caught in an unwanted knife fight, maybe this was the knife I could use to fight back."
A fighter for the freedom of speech and the responsibility to protect art from censorship, Rushdie has been fighting back with his words and art for decades. A true testament to the power and importance of language, and specifically the (sometimes) rebellious acts of art as expression.
Finally, the last thought I had about this book was how much time Rushdie spends on his wife and her feelings and his sons and their feelings... obviously, they have feelings, but this is a book about his reflections about the assassination attempt on HIS life. I think this just underlines where life's priorities often are-- beyond the ideas, beliefs, practices, and actions that can shake the world-- what makes it all worth fighting for is the people you love.
"I have always believed that love is a force, that in its most potent form it can move mountains. It can change the world."
"A knife was a tool, and acquired meaning from the use we made of it. Language, too, was a knife. I could cut open the world and reveal its meaning, its inner workings, its secrets, its truths. It could cut through from one reality to another. It could call bullshit, open people's eyes, create beauty. Language was my knife. If I had unexpectedly been caught in an unwanted knife fight, maybe this was the knife I could use to fight back."
A fighter for the freedom of speech and the responsibility to protect art from censorship, Rushdie has been fighting back with his words and art for decades. A true testament to the power and importance of language, and specifically the (sometimes) rebellious acts of art as expression.
Finally, the last thought I had about this book was how much time Rushdie spends on his wife and her feelings and his sons and their feelings... obviously, they have feelings, but this is a book about his reflections about the assassination attempt on HIS life. I think this just underlines where life's priorities often are-- beyond the ideas, beliefs, practices, and actions that can shake the world-- what makes it all worth fighting for is the people you love.
"I have always believed that love is a force, that in its most potent form it can move mountains. It can change the world."
reflective
slow-paced
The subtitle of the book is pretty accurate; it was interesting to hear Rushdie’s musings after the assault.
hopeful
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inspiring
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challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced