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| Original Title: | The Temple of My Familiar |
| ISBN: | 0753819481 (ISBN13: 9780753819487) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Alice Walker
Paperback | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 4.05 | 13225 Users | 471 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Temple of My Familiar |
| Author | : | Alice Walker |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | September 16th 2004 by W&N (first published January 1st 1989) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. African American. Feminism. Magical Realism. Classics |
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A visionary cast of characters weave together their past and present in a brilliantly intricate tapestry of tales. It is the story of the dispossessed and displaced, of peoples whose history is ancient and whose future is yet to come. Here we meet Lissie, a woman of many pasts; Arveyda the great guitarist and his Latin American wife who has had to flee her homeland; Suwelo, the history teacher, and his former wife Fanny who has fallen in love with spirits. Hovering tantalisingly above their stories are Miss Celie and Shug, the beloved characters from THE COLOUR PURPLE.Rating Appertaining To Books The Temple of My Familiar
Ratings: 4.05 From 13225 Users | 471 ReviewsNotice Appertaining To Books The Temple of My Familiar
Obviously I must be unpacking all my favorite books! I read this in college and it changed my life, opened my eyes to some beautiful ideas and meanings about life, feminism, love, and spirituality. There is magic, tribal wisdom, african myths, goddess worship, reincarnation, a little of everything! It was the first time I was able to see that there is wisdom is so many faiths and beliefs and you can respect them without having to declare allegiance to them. If I did have a familiar, I believe itI'm not really sure what genre to put this in. Kind of magic realism on one, level but not really.Anyway, I enjoyed it, as far as the lyrical writing, the interwoven characters, and the light into perspectives of different people groups. It was confusing in the way it jumped around characters and keeping them all straight and the plot semi-coherent was challenging. I couldn't decide at the end if it was beautiful or just an interesting story collection (which is really more how it felt). I found
Long will we remember pain, but the pain itself, as it was at that point of intensity that made us feel as if we must die of it, eventually vanishes. Our memory of it becomes its only trace. Walls remain. They grow moss. They are difficult barriers to cross, to get to others, to get to closed-down parts of ourselves. - Alice Walker, The Temple of my FamiliarIts quite an intimidating feat to review this book. The Temple of my Familiar is such a rich, multi-layered story, the kind that you can
OMG, did I ever hate this book. I loved The Color Purple, so I thought I'd like this.It jumps around like crazy and includes new characters far more often than it refers back to ones we've already met. I got so sick of trying to keep track of characters that I finally threw it down in disgust. Irritating and a waste of time.
It was nice to see Celie and Shug again. The story about Celie and the dog was especially bittersweet. Alice Walker gets flack for becoming less bitter and political and more spiritual and introspective as she ages, but I love her journey. Her words are full of wisdom and insight and act as a balm for the hurting soul. I was reading this book at just the right time - it was a comfort and settled over me like an old friend. I've seen other reviews that condemn it for being too "quote" or
Long will we remember pain, but the pain itself, as it was at that point of intensity that made us feel as if we must die of it, eventually vanishes. Our memory of it becomes its only trace. Walls remain. They grow moss. They are difficult barriers to cross, to get to others, to get to closed-down parts of ourselves. - Alice Walker, The Temple of my FamiliarIts quite an intimidating feat to review this book. The Temple of my Familiar is such a rich, multi-layered story, the kind that you can
Wow. I read this book so many years ago. Reading it again was like discovering what I already knew again. This is a beautiful and complicated story, a layered and complex story of love.
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