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November 1999 Late 1997: This year I "read" a truly amazing book. I don't know that it changed my life at all, but it amazed me just how good a novel can be. The book was Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. "Read" is in quotes because I listened to it on tape as I drove around. It is a really long book, but it paints a family of people with a realism I've
Synchronicity did play into the book for me. Last year I wrote
about my "divorce" from my dissertation, as well as
several other divorce-like situations. Anna Karenina,
a segment of James Joyce's Dubliners, and some ongoing
conversation with a friend who was on the teetering on the brink
of divorce revisited this whole area. I say she was on the brink.
Specifically, I felt like I was in a position to give a little
tug or a little push and make a difference on which way she choose.
Two more books I've gotten a lot of discussion from were Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus, and one of the sequels, Mars and Venus on a Date, both by Dr. John Gray. It suggests men and women are different. Great premise for a best-seller, eh? |
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