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Review of visiting With An Angel
[Following is a volunteer review of "visiting With An Angel" by Jerry A Greenberg.]
There are periods of time anticipated or not when we start asking ourselves questions about what we are usually ignoring from a feeling of fear or from lack of time. The main character of this story has come to live in one of these periods. Finding himself in the sterility of loneliness, where the deepest thoughts start coming to the surface, not encountering the barrier of external noise, a seventy-five years old man begins to feel the calling of his ancestors. His life is no more dictated by a living community, such that he remains at a crossroads with lost self-identity. In this personal crisis, Jerry decides to visit the cemetery where are buried the ones through whom he used to go in life with a sense of stability and confidence; the visit leaves more questions than answers. Jerry finds himself in a situation where he needs help, but his spiritual unrest is too personal and complex, so he doesn’t have anyone to address. This is when he starts being visited by an entity, an angel, that is out of religion but is the perfect model of a savior, which will help him dive deep into the root cause of his isolation and show him several perspectives to continue his life.
Visiting With An Angel is a book that places itself at a limit between fiction and a philosophical essay. The text is just a little narrative and consists mainly of dialogues where the characters discuss everything that means self-identity, each one with their point of view. Jerry A. Greenberg manages to reproduce the experiences that a man encounters on the path to self-discovery, emphasizing the importance of the process outside of a crisis too. The author expends the idea of the man as a social being, pointing out that a part of our identity depends on the collective we live within. The main character is a step between a past of people with strong family traditions and a future of people that seek their identity individually in the big world.
As for negative aspects, I would have enjoyed a deeper dive into the subject, but it may be just a personal taste.
I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I found very few errors. This story doesn’t mimic a frequently discussed subject but attempts to offer originality and succeeds at staying true to itself.
I recommend this book to readers who enjoy discovering the fullness of the thought processes that the human mind can become a victim of. It’s a philosophical story, so I wouldn’t recommend it to readers who prefer action in the books they choose. Also, this story could be helpful for those who find themselves in the same self-identity crisis.
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visiting With An Angel
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There are periods of time anticipated or not when we start asking ourselves questions about what we are usually ignoring from a feeling of fear or from lack of time. The main character of this story has come to live in one of these periods. Finding himself in the sterility of loneliness, where the deepest thoughts start coming to the surface, not encountering the barrier of external noise, a seventy-five years old man begins to feel the calling of his ancestors. His life is no more dictated by a living community, such that he remains at a crossroads with lost self-identity. In this personal crisis, Jerry decides to visit the cemetery where are buried the ones through whom he used to go in life with a sense of stability and confidence; the visit leaves more questions than answers. Jerry finds himself in a situation where he needs help, but his spiritual unrest is too personal and complex, so he doesn’t have anyone to address. This is when he starts being visited by an entity, an angel, that is out of religion but is the perfect model of a savior, which will help him dive deep into the root cause of his isolation and show him several perspectives to continue his life.
Visiting With An Angel is a book that places itself at a limit between fiction and a philosophical essay. The text is just a little narrative and consists mainly of dialogues where the characters discuss everything that means self-identity, each one with their point of view. Jerry A. Greenberg manages to reproduce the experiences that a man encounters on the path to self-discovery, emphasizing the importance of the process outside of a crisis too. The author expends the idea of the man as a social being, pointing out that a part of our identity depends on the collective we live within. The main character is a step between a past of people with strong family traditions and a future of people that seek their identity individually in the big world.
As for negative aspects, I would have enjoyed a deeper dive into the subject, but it may be just a personal taste.
I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I found very few errors. This story doesn’t mimic a frequently discussed subject but attempts to offer originality and succeeds at staying true to itself.
I recommend this book to readers who enjoy discovering the fullness of the thought processes that the human mind can become a victim of. It’s a philosophical story, so I wouldn’t recommend it to readers who prefer action in the books they choose. Also, this story could be helpful for those who find themselves in the same self-identity crisis.
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visiting With An Angel
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― Ludwig Wittgenstein
― Ludwig Wittgenstein
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