Knocking on Moonlit Door: Reflections on Journeys to Europe and Other Destinations
In a collection of beautifully written personal essays that explore travel, both to distant places and within the mind, Margaret Thompson knocks on doors, both spiritual and secular, in Greece, Italy,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1896300723
ISBN13:9781896300726
Release Date:January 2004
Publisher:NeWest Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.61 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.1"
Related Subjects
Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Europe General History Travel Western WritingCustomer Reviews
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Opening doors on other worlds
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Margaret Thompson would make an ideal companion on any journey and, failing that, an essay of hers is great company in an armchair or in bed, during those last twenty minutes before sleep. The pieces in Knocking on the Moonlit Door are vivid, wise, wry, philosophical and passionate by turns and sometimes all at once. They open doors on other worlds and on our quotidian life: my favourite, perhaps, is the final piece Point of Origin, dense with allusions, where she refelects on the birth of her grandchild, comparing him to a 'fresh-baked loaf of bread' and noting how the instinctive urge to cherish' is something we share with all the other creatures on earth. At the same time, she avoids sentimentality and is not afraid of observing that while '...this tenderness is any infant's hope ... at the same time, it may not be enough.' Highly recommended.
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