Posted by Damos on May 31, 2005, at 22:20:01
In reply to Re: Book Suggestions » Damos, posted by Susan47 on May 31, 2005, at 17:41:26
The best place to go to find out about him and the books is:
http//www.augusten.com
Just click on the book images at the bottom left to read about each of them. I was to blown away to feel sad reading them except one part in 'Dry'. And his writing is so honest and vibrant and what happens just so mind blowing I don't know how to describe them. The Oliver Sacks books are also not sad, just full of wide-eyed wonder at what the brain is capable of and how we can adapt to these things we have no real control over.
BTW I loved All Quiet on the Western Front. I've read volumes about Vietnam, partly because I have always had a sense of having been there. Odd given I was born in '64, but I remember as a kid seeing the footage on the news and just having this knowingness about what I was seeing. Odd. But I also understand what you mean, my sense of abhorrence at a lot of things is on the increase.
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