Saturday, August 05, 2006

ishmael

i can't really explain this book no matter how many times i try to articulate it here. so i will just say that my very good friend xavi gave it to me with this note "This book seriously changed the way I perceive the world's history - nevermind it's a talking gorilla!"

that sums up Ishmael so incredibly. i finished it recently and it took a bit of time to get through it as you really have to pay attention to some of it if you want to connect with it. if you want to allow it to blow your mind. but it did. any book that completely alters the way i think of things by the time i finish it is a fucking masterpiece. even though i already stole from xavi above i am going to steal again from the quote on the front of the book which i feel like he stole from me before i ever thought it, "From now on I will divide the books I have read into two categories - the ones I read before Ishmael and those read after."

it may be what you are looking for. it certainly was what i was looking for.

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