gustafagrese 's review for:

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

5.0

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This book was full of surprises, and it constantly gave me a reason to reflect on my own life. Eagleman is an incredibly creative writer, setting up each unique world, or "afterlife," before embedding his point within it, and his ability to do this with such brevity is impressive. Reading it was like doing Yoga for the brain, many of the fictional vignettes bent my mind into mental contortions unlike anything I have experienced, at times unsettling, and always thought-provoking. I loved it.

Each vignette should be given time to steep, it's a short book, but let it be read slowly.

Goes well with Brian Eno and Harold Budd.

EDIT: It turns out that Brian Eno is a fan of this book, too, and even did a live performance with David Eagleman!