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5.0 out of 5 stars
A thought-provoking book to savor and share,
This review is from: Looking at the World Twice (Perfect Paperback)
This book has become one of my favorites. The essays and poems are enlightening and insightful. A central theme of the book concerns what it's like to move to another country, live in a new culture, in a new language, while gradually growing a new identity. Mann writes about a variety of subjects -- living under Communism, respecting food, world hunger, motherhood, and love - to name a few. Her essay on the Vietnam War Memorial brought me to tears. When I read her story about Thanksgiving, entitled "Pilgrim," I remember thinking that it was like finding a pearl in a shell.
Reading this book is an intimate experience. The cover art by GC Myers, and its resonance with the title, is an additional pleasure. Though the content is different, I think of this book as both a talisman and a touchstone, in the way that I think of my copy of Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. I recommend Looking at the World Twice highly.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A picture into another's world,
This review is from: Looking at the World Twice (Perfect Paperback)
Using poetry and prose, Alicja Mann's command of her non-native language paints a picture that gives me a view into her world. It also makes me curious as to the influences of children's stories on all of us.
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Looking at the World Twice by Alicja Mann (Perfect Paperback - March 26, 2009)
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