First requested review received of the book Wrighteings: In Media Res by A.V. Koshy & A.V.Varghese written by Mary Hiers* :)

Wednesday, 22 June 2011 at 19:19

Title: The very roots of being and creativity.

This book is not long, but it is deep. Anyone who has even a passing interest in philosophy, education, or creativity will find this book to be a rich vein to mine. At the same time, it is written for the lay reader, so you do not have to have a degree in philosophy to take away plenty with you for thought. The very first essay hooked me in, and the ones that followed kept me rapt by bringing up similar concepts in different lights and different intellectual settings. I think of this book as a brief, but essential reference for teachers, thinkers, writers, and anyone who wants to make much more of life than what is on the surface. Highly recommended.

(I am also appending relevant parts of two of Mary Hiers' comments to me while reading the book and on finishing it too.)

1. I want to tell you that I am enjoying your book immensely. It is taking me longer than I expected, but only because it is very dense with information and I want to take it all in. Anyway, great work!

2. Hi, Ampat. I wrote an Amazon review and just submitted it. It will show up under Maurice's* name because he and I share an Amazon account... And thank you for sharing your book with me... Excellent work, my friend!

About the reviewer: "I'm a freelance writer and editor, and the mother of two children, one grown, one in high school. I live in a small town in the American south. Literature, poetry, international affairs, economics, and politics are all of great interest to me. I find it hard to keep fields of interest from spilling over into one another sometimes. My "day job" is with a weekly paper whose online home is www.thesaturdayindependent.com . I have also written for magazines. Reading and writing are big parts of my life, as are quilting, photography, and caring for my many dogs and cats."

* Maurice Fitzgerald, artist.

( One more review at least to follow, hopefully.)


Some comments:

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Mary Jane: True, the first essay "The Other Is, Plural and Immanent" dragged me right into it too, Rimbaud's dualism "I is another" raises all curiosity in the content to follow. Congrats, nice brief, inviting review Mary Hiers.

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Gerda Casier: Simple review of a not so simple book. At least, that's my idea after reading the first essay, 'The Other is, plural and immanent'. It touches upon so many ideas, one needs to reread and reread again.

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Ampat Koshy: It is short and to the point befitting the context it is written for.
(Amazon)

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Angel Bowden Meredith: I myself am in the beginning stages of being pulled straight in by this awesome work. Yes, it will be worthy of rereading over and over, so as not to miss a single detail. Definite read for the thinker, and I will post a note with a more fitting review once I have finished off every morsel!