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Il Sale Della Vita (2012)

by Françoise Héritier(Favorite Author)

3.49 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

8817058939 (ISBN13: 9788817058933)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Rizzoli

review 1: This is a lovely little book listing all the sensual pleasures the writer can remember experiencing in her life. "This book is a plea for us to recognize not simply the small, artless influence of childhood but the whole complex affective domain that forms and continues to form us, sensitive beings that we are. A plea for us not to be simply obsessed by targets--careers to be created, enterprises to be undertaken, profits to be secured--while losing sight of the I who entered the arena in the first place. A plea for us to understand that the profound engine of curiosity is at work in us, sustaining the ever renewed feat of living, the benevolence and empathetic or critical and constituent view that I take of the world all around me." I really enjoyed reading this on my com... moremute to work, when everything was cramped and hot and horrible. It's a nice book with a wonderful list. Quite experimental though, with no narrative arch to speak of.
review 2: What makes us who we are? And how much of that is based on the moments that make life "sweet?" This short book explores these two questions in the form of a list -- a list of those experiences in life where we feel. It's not an exhaustive list, but takes the reader through a variety of feelings associated with different moments. Some of these are universal, and others are very specific. I was reminded of times when I was happy, sad, content, and entertained. I re-experienced sights, sounds, tastes, sensations, and smells. The best aspect of this book was the memories and relatable moments (especially the times when I laughed or sighed). The two downsides of this book, however, were that several of the items listed were completely foreign to me and that this book was translated into English from French. Because of this fact (and because a few times the wording seemed very strange), I kept wondering if some of the nuances were lost in translation. Overall, I think that this book was a little different (and not quite "my thing" -- although oddly refreshing) but I can definitely see how others would find it to be very meaningful. less

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