Quarantine
Registered by symphonicca of Ottawa, Ontario Canada on 2/20/2011
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
1 journaler for this copy...
Picked this up for cheap in the english section of the second hand shop. Never heard of the book or the author, but it was awarded the Whitbread Novel of the Year 1998, and was shortlisted for a bunch of stuff. So, let's give it a try!
From the back: "Two thousand years ago four travellers entered the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. In the blistering heat and barren rocks they encounter the evil merchant Musa-- madman, sadist, rapist, even a Satan-- who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for forty days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles..."
Sounds good.
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This is really a great book--- it flows over you like sand, despite the plodding and painful context (sometimes downright cruel). There are so many themes, insights and stories packed into this book. For me, it was about truth, connection (with self or others) and ultimately liberation. Though liberation is both an act of subtraction and addition in this story. Quarantine and that act of subtraction can provide the opportunity to understand what one truely needs for true liberation, power and peace.
Layers layers layers. I am not doing this book justice. It really is very good, and I would love to explore so much of it in greater detail. Will look for more from this author for sure!
From the back: "Two thousand years ago four travellers entered the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. In the blistering heat and barren rocks they encounter the evil merchant Musa-- madman, sadist, rapist, even a Satan-- who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for forty days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles..."
Sounds good.
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This is really a great book--- it flows over you like sand, despite the plodding and painful context (sometimes downright cruel). There are so many themes, insights and stories packed into this book. For me, it was about truth, connection (with self or others) and ultimately liberation. Though liberation is both an act of subtraction and addition in this story. Quarantine and that act of subtraction can provide the opportunity to understand what one truely needs for true liberation, power and peace.
Layers layers layers. I am not doing this book justice. It really is very good, and I would love to explore so much of it in greater detail. Will look for more from this author for sure!
Passed on to my aunt--- i think she would really like this book
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WELCOME TO BOOKCROSSING!
To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large.
Feel free to read and keep this book, pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to discover, just like you did.
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