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L'egoismo è Inutile: Elogio Della Gentilezza (2014)

by George Saunders(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

8875215855 (ISBN13: 9788875215859)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

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review 1: There seems to be a growing genre of commencement speech lit that gets published in tiny self help pocket books and this is probably the best out of the lot. His points don't differ massively from the feel of This is Water for example, but his execution and focus is on the other side of the building. I realized that these thoughts were the reflections of extreme wisdom, especially since the same sort of ideas were conveyed to me by a woman who will always be close to me. "Kindness is all that really matters" is her approach and it ultimately came by living her life through emotional mud. This star rating I guess is for the book and for my partner.
review 2: "George," his publisher asked, "We need something for the pipeline. Got anything?" Came the reply, "Well,... more I did a little convocation speech that has been getting attention online, what about that?" "Hmmmm, I bet we could produce it cheaply and sell it for fourteen dollars, and your name alone would compel people to buy it. At least the libraries." And so, there you are. . . a new book. Does it really contribute anything groundbreaking, uniquely delivered, worthy of the expenditure? No. But it is a nice, quick read and the message is worthwhile. I have enjoyed his work and am likely to read anything that he puts forth---kind of like when I picked up Pat Conroy's cookbook and was pleasantly surprised---so I say, "Go ahead, spend a few minutes with this," even if I feel somewhat offended that it is a bit of a sham that put a few bucks in Saunders' pocket and a lot more in Random House's. Kind of like hearing your favorite musician is coming to town and you scrape up the money and even though their set was wonderful, they only stayed on the stage for fifteen minutes and three old standards. I even felt a little cheated by the illustrations. less

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