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Apr 20, 2016NanCcan rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Wow! After reading the reviews here, I was prepared to not like this book, but it is thought-provoking in so many ways. It examines freedom, free will, democracy, leadership, death while still living and actual death, etc. Sure there is a lot of philosophy, but it is all organically woven into the story. It makes us examine whether we are really present in our lives; for example, while he is watching a sunrise: “watching the dawn slip in. He can’t remember the last time he quietly watched this drama unfold; what could possibly be so important that it kept him from doing this? When did he become a person who stopped noticing? First the moon dims, and in the east there’s a sit in the belly of the sky. A trickle of light pours over the hills, over the Amish farms, over the country roads, over the limit of Arcadia, the miles and miles of forest, startling the songbirds and lighting the dew from within. . . In a breath, the day is full upon him.” It contemplates many issues related to Community: community in worlds set apart, such as the Amish, or a commune, is juxtaposed with community that can be found in a crowded city.