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An epic tale of the Provence countryside.
"In Giono's work is what every sensitive, full-blooded individual ought to be able to recognize at once as `the song of the world.'...The philosophy behind this symphonic production has no name: its function is to liberate, to keep open all the sluices of the soul, to encourage speculation, adventure, and passionate worship." -Henry Miller, The Books in My Life
"Peasant civilization possesses as a gift human qualities which philosophical civilizations spend centuries first defining, then desiring, and finally losing." -Jean Giono
A true forebear of magical realism, Giono creates men and women rooted in the folklore of provincial France. With a poet's grace and imagination, he weaves a grand story of the earth and of passion, of animals and weather, of the miracles we now call the laws of nature.
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human life immersed in a living, animate land.......2004-10-11
This book, and Giono's "Song of the World," are the two of the most beautiful, wise, transformative works of fiction that I know -- even in translation. The human characters in these novels are entirely a part of the breathing earth that enfolds them. And conversely there is no aspect of the land that is not alive; the wind, the forest, animals, the ground itself are all active participants in the unfolding of events.
The translations are excellent, yet Giono's writing, and his vision, are among the most ecological and eloquent to be found in any language. These books that gave me the impetus to be a writer. If you care for nature, and the prospect of humankind living in genuine participation and reciprocity with earthly nature, these are your books. An essential tonic for our collective ecological insanity...
Giono's JOY is an intriguing anomoly.......2003-04-15
Originally published in 1935, JOY is written in a style that combines obliqueness in its quotidien narrative with the author's introduction of sequences of seasons and events that are vivid to the point of hallucination, or even poetic surreality. JOY starts on a Winter night, ending in an apocalyptic summer thunderstorm.
The story is well-crafted, though this is partly veiled by the indirectness of its style, perhaps an element of the aloofness and privateness that non-French observers have noted about French culture. The momentous fates of key characters are hinted at within the first 100 pages of the novel, important "clues" that may be overlooked if the reader is the sort who dabbles in this book over a long period of time. I think JOY will give greater satisfaction if read in less than 10 sittings, the easier to hold on to the irregular thread that re-surfaces as two fatal and separating cords at the book's close.
There was a great deal of puzzlement for me in JOY, mainly in the use of that term. Giono seems to locate joy in timeless rural life and its rhythms. Yet these folks on the Gremone plateau, especially Jourdan who wonders about its possibility early on, appear to be such fragile vessels in which it can flourish. And uncomprehending. Consider this exchange between the older Marthe and the younger Zulma:
Marthe: Doesn't [your head] bother you?
Zulma: What?
M: My child, why don't you talk like other people?
I don't know, said Zulma, How do you talk, the rest of you?
M: Oh, my child, we talk as life makes us talk
Z: I never know what you others mean.
M: We mean that life is sad.
Z: I don't understand, Madame
M: Sad, do you know what that is?
Z: No
M: Content, when you are content, do you know what that is?
Z: No (etc., etc.)
And there are other patience-trying (for me) passages throughout the novel.
For all of the rural wisdom that Giono seems to want us to recognize, and which we understand is passing with modernity, it is not enough to take root unless it does so by a distancing self-consciousness. We see this today in the U.S. with various attempts to "get back to the land."
And then there's Bobi, who first appears almost like a Christ-figure: he stands on a crest framing a single nocturnal star between his legs. But halfway through the book he appears less a "revelation" to the community of the plateau. He ends up merely among them in their lives, and near the end, a source of anxious sexuality and vexing alienation from the despondent Aurore.
Joy was until the 20th century linked to spiritual insight, a grappling with the ways of God, but this left our literature as the modernist enterprise gained ascendence (and not transcendence!). The loss of this deep joy is poignantly evident at the book's close: alone in the humid rain, a man cries out for his mother and is answered with finality by a bolt of lightning.
Starry, starry night........2002-10-04
Jean Giono french novelist from Provence;father a cobbler. His work falls into two main sections;the pre-war novels (the best) and the post-war romances.This novel is from the former period and is rightly considered his masterpiece.It is a mysterious,ambiguous,lyrical account of the lives of simple folk, a story that must be told.In Bobi, the con-man saviour, Giono found a perfect surrogate for himself and his pastoral project.This book is alive with an epic sense of people living under the spell of and living in accordance with, the laws of nature. Bobi arrives in a small country community and through his prophetic homolies, distilations of the genuinely important aspects of daily life around them, brings forth their spiritual awakening .Seasons, and the changes wrought are exquisitly rendered in prose of great beauty.The act of eating with friends is described as an almost religious ritual, of communal empathy and staggering enlightenment. This is a book that will bind you in its own magic circle of seasonal change and renewal. Highly recommended.
this book is absolutely breathtaking.......2001-10-05
I'll tell you right now, this book is absolutely breath-taking. Take my word for it. Awesome book, not really. This raised my awareness about the depths of one man's journey to find himself. I couldn't put it down. I felt that this should be read by all men in grade school. not really. I am lying.
this book is absolutely breathtaking.......2001-10-05
I'll tell you right now, this book is absolutely breath-taking. Take my word for it. Awesome book, not really. This raised my awareness about the depths of one man's journey to find himself. I couldn't put it down. I felt that this should be read by all men in grade school. not really. I am lying.
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wonderful edition well worth it.......2007-06-12
Included is an 8 page arrangement for piano and organ including pedal notation. Printing is dark and pages large and well spaced. I'm still learning this piece. The version I learned previously included only few verses an edit from Cantata 147 in simplified notation. This version has more voicings so it's harder for me to play but it sounds lovely. I will be busy with this for a while.
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God Be in My Head / Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (The Kevin Mayhew Sacred Song Series)
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sheet music 14 pages for two voices (equal or un-equal)
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
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The Seventh Gate is the thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. In this tale of treachery, power, and heroism, Alfred, Haplo, and Marit embark on a journey of death and discovery as they seek to enter the dreaded Seventh Gate. Encountering enemies both old and new, they unleash a magic no power can control, damning themselves to an apocalypse of unimagined proportion in a final struggle between good and evil.
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Could Have Been Better.......2006-11-21
The whole entire series was really good. And in spite of it being the shorter of all the books, Seventh Gate had actually started fairly good. It was action packed throughout the entire novel, had its moments of intense suspense, and I was eager to finally complete the final book in this complexed tale.
But then the ending came, some things happened, and I was left thinking "That's it?" There should have been more closure. For example, I would have liked to have seen something more of the dragon snakes demise. Even if they cannot be fully defeated, this "higher" power, whether it be Alfred or Zifnab or whoever, should have been able to imprison it in a more confined area than just the labyrinth. And then there is Hugh, who happens to leave the story without so much as a peep; next you know, he's dead in the Labyrinth, supposedly killed off defending the Haplo's people. it would have been nice to have seen the fight, to see him die, to discover if he was finally at peace, or if he had any regrets. And what of Marit's and Haplo's child- Is she alive? Is she dead? Wasn't that one of the reasons Haplo wanted to go back into the Labyrinth? I don't know. Even the Appendix was vague on this.
And then the inconsistencies. As others have stated prior, the Labyrinth just did not have the feel of being a deadly maze. Wait, there really wasn't much of a maze. I mean, there is some terrain, some deadly enemies, and next you know they're fighting to save the Final Gate. It's possible that once the Final Gate is discovered, it's easier to cross the Labyrinth a second time, but by the way Haplo was describing it in the earlier novels, I would have thought it would still take a few years, at least.
And also, what about the dragons? Are they truly bound to the Labyrinth? If the "mensch" can discover space travel to get to the other worlds, why can't the evil dragons fly to the other worlds?
And then the magic of teleportation. It was earlier stated you had to have been to a specific area to transfer to it. Yet, Marit seemed to be able to transfer to people she knew all the same, regardless if she had been in a specific area before or not. If it were that simple, and people were being attacked in the Labyrinth, why couldn't they teleport themselves away from the enemy, even if it did take them back to where they started? Marit made the comment that she could transport to the Final Gate, but couldn't take Alfred or Hugh. Did this mean she couldn't use her magic to take them? That doesn't add up since Haplo used his transfer magic to resuce Jarre and earlier Alfred was able to transport Hugh to the ship. Did this mean that Marit didn't want Alfred and Hugh to come along, in case of an uproar from her people? That doesn't add up either because then she would have prevented them from going to the Final Gate on the back of the good dragons of Pryan.
Oh well, as I said, good story, certainly not great, and by the time I was finished I was just glad it was over.
Could have been much better.......2006-10-28
I just finished this book about 10 minutes ago and I am extremely miffed that it ended the way it did. I cannot understand how a book series can go from being extremely detailed to just nothing at the end. What was the point of dragging the series on for 7 books if it was going to be ended with a dull moan. There was so much room for detail and if the book had another 10 chapters I believe it would have been much better. The ending of Hugh the Hand was a EXTREME letdown...he was just gone, very anticlimatic.
Problems I had with it...SPOILER ALERT
1) Became much to sappy towards the end
2) Hugh the Hand dies without a parting word
3) Haplos daughter never makes a entrance
4) The final outcome of the two races was never discussed
5) Who the heck was Zifnab
6) The whole book just seemed rushed to be over with
7) Inconsistencies throughout the book
8) Just left with a sad feeling of "THATS ALL???"
I am glad I finished the series but in truth it was a major letdown.
Hung on every word about Haplo and Marit.......2006-09-26
I have to agree with other reviewers that the comparative lack of depth in the concluding novel was a little disappointing. But I absolutely HAD to find out what happened to Haplo and Marit's relationship. I think this would be a great movie in the hands of a capable director. Maybe cast Thomas Kretschmann as Haplo he appeared in 2005 King Kong . I noticed a lot of personality resemblance between Haplo and the captain of the ship in that movie. he even looked like I had pictured him in the book. It is a story of great emotional depth. I just kind of wish that the authors had paid more attention to Haplo and Marit at the end. The wizard Zifnab was hilarious.
To Willy Boy.......2006-04-18
I don't know if you will ever come back and read this but I felt like I should clear something up.
Re:
Mensch is a Hebrew word. It is not close to a Hebrew word, it is a Hebrew word. If you look it up, mensch means a person of integrity and honor. What are the authors trying to say here? That all people without ambition or power are full of integrity and honor. I read all seven books trying to understand the use of this word to no avail.
Mensch is not a Hebrew word, it is a German word meaning man or person (as is mentioned in one of the footnotes). It became part of Yiddish with the meaning of a good person (a REAL man) and it might sometimes be used by Hebrew speakers the same way as by many English speaking Jews.
So in other words the authors aren't saying anything very interesting, they just used an "old" German word for people in the same way they used all sorts of "old" words like Xer-tzar.
Amazing! Outstanding! Spectacular! No adjective can do justice to how good this book is!.......2006-03-26
Wow!
WOW!
WOW!
Sorry...but this book was just so good and blew my mind away. It is considerably shorter than the other six, but the action never stops. I can almost not write this review because I'm just so blown away by this book. It is worth reading the entire series just to get to this book, and feel the feeling I'm experiencing right now!
To all of you seeking plot details...I will not reveal any like I normally do. It's so good and just not worth spoiling it with the plot in this review. I would also like to say that I will miss writing these reviews like I have been faithfully. I thank my readers! Look for my reviews in more stuff!
And in closing, as always read the appendicies...They're important!
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In the year 3003, nothing in the world is the same, except maybe that adolescents are still embarrassed by their parents. Society and the biosphere alike have been transformed by biotechnology, and the natural world is almost gone.Frek Huggins is a boy from a broken family, unusual becaise he was conceived without technological help or genetic modifications. His dad, Carb, is a malcontent who left behind Frek's mom and the Earth itself several years ago.Everything changes when Frek finds the Anvil, a small flying saucer, under his bed, and it tells him he is destined to save the world. The repressive forces of Gov, the mysterious absolute ruler of Earth, descend on Frek, take away the Anvil, and interrogate him forcefully enough to damage his memory. Frek flees with Wow, his talking dog, to seek out Carb and some answers. But the untrustworthy alien in the saucer has other plans, including claiming exclusive rights to market humanity to the galaxy at large, and making Frek a hero. Frek and the Elixir is a profound, playful SF epic by the wild and ambitious Rudy Rucker.
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Rucker is both a literary and science master.......2007-01-16
I fell in love with Rucker's work after reading Spaceland, and Frek and the Elixir proved to be yet another science and literary masterpiece. Rucker makes the most complex aspects of science obtainable to the average reader who has a bit of imagination. Rucker is a pure creative genius. Frek and the Elixir is a wonderful tale that I would highly recommend to any reader who enjoys imaginative stories that offer a bit of science education at the same time.
Godzoon Goggy Gollywog.......2006-08-21
This has got to be one of the most inventive and imaginative novels in recent memory. Rudy Rucker has created an astonishingly creative story by mixing well-drawn comedy and drama with the latest knowledge in biotech, computing, and quantum physics. Not to mention a visual richness that will turn on the inner freakiness of even the most stoic reader. Here we have the adventures of 12 year-old Frek, who lives in the 31st century in a world of forced conformity, and where a megalomaniac biotech corporation has eliminated most of the Earth's life forms, patented the genomes of the few remaining utilitarian species (including humans), and prohibited reproduction except by contract. Meanwhile, several different species of aliens are trying to turn the human race into a giant reality show, via interactive technologies controlled by weird multi-dimensional demigods. In short, Frek is the chosen human negotiator, and decides to bargain for the return of Earth's lost species in a deadly high-stakes production deal, becoming a hero in the process.
Thanks to Rucker's knowledge of advanced science and the wildest future possibilities of technology, this novel benefits from a setting and characters quite unlike most sci-fi. The story is overflowing with crazy but strangely possible biotech and interactive technologies, while Rucker has also turned up the creativity meter with loads of inventively bizarre and truly "alien" aliens (I especially liked the wisecracking Orpolese and the droll Unipuskers). Rucker has also envisioned a completely mindboggling method of space travel called yunching, which is based on actual currently-known concepts from superstring theory. In a few places, Rucker lets the plotline slip while breathlessly inventing pile upon pile of future phenomena, but this is a novel that is as relentlessly fascinating as it is fun and empathetic. There are even good themes of friendship and family lurking beneath the wild and wooly sci-fi wonderments. This novel is highly recommended for any reader looking for something both really new and really different. [~doomsdayer520~]
Fun novel full of biological, mathematical, and physically cool ideas.......2006-05-18
Here is a rather delightful novel from Rudy Rucker. Frek and the Elixir is set more or less at the next millennium -- to be exact, in 3003. Hundreds of years before, NuBioCom destroyed the remaining natural species on Earth, and replaced them with a very few genetically engineered variants. They even destroyed the records of the genetic code of the natural species. Now, in 3003, Houses are grown from trees, the only pets are dogs, much of the food comes from anyfruit trees, and in many other ways it is clear that species diversity is rare. Frek Huggins is a 12-year-old boy living with his mother and his two sisters. He resents the fact that his father, Carb, left for the asteroids several years before. His life is nominally fairly pleasant but he doesn't quite fit in.
Then a flying saucer shows up, looking, it appears, for Frek. Frek is suddenly the object of the not-entirely-friendly attentions of the "counselors" of Gov, the worm-like alien that controls his city. He finds a saucer under his bed, and inside it is an alien cuttlefish, who assures him he will save the world and find the elixir that will restore the natural species to Earth. But Gov's representatives are not happy, and soon Frek is fleeing, at first into the dangerous Grulloo woods, home to many unusual kritters such as the Grulloo, intelligent people consisting of only a head, a tail, and two arms. Frek and a Grulloo make their way to Stun City to free the captured saucer and kill Gov -- but that doesn't work quite as expected. Soon they are off on a trip around the Galaxy, and indeed to different "branes". The situation is a lot more complicated than expected. Frek is to act as agent for a group of aliens who want to control the broadcasting of human experience to eager alien "viewers" -- but that broadcasting might also include mind control. And there are other aliens interested in controlling the same rights. Moreover, Frek meets his father, in the company of his new girlfriend and her daughter Renata. Naturally, sparks fly between Frek and Renata. So things continue, with visits to a number of alien milieus, some really fun and wacky SFnal ideas, and with Frek always keeping in mind not only the saving of the Earth's ecosystem, and the freeing of humans from potential mind control, but the restoring of his family.
I don't think I've really captured the fun of this novel very well. Rucker has long been known as an ideas man, and he doesn't disappoint here, with a couple of nicely portrayed alien species, some interesting mathematical and physical notions, and lots of clever biological ideas. The plot is not quite as successful, though it is fun to follow -- still, Frek's powers grow alarmingly as the novel continues, and the ultimate resolution, though emotionally satisfying, isn't fully convincing. The novel, with its 12-year-old protagonist, has a rather YA feel to it, though distinctly in the "YA to please adults" mode -- that is, I think it's a novel that will wow teen readers, but it's also quite fun for adults. I liked it, at any rate!
Excellent Story; Excellent Allegory.......2005-12-02
This book is simply one of the best science fiction titles to be written. The main character is young, true, but this is soon forgotten in the complex, intriguing, and yes, allegorical storyline. The book is Rucker's denoucement of monoculture, a perfect statement for our day and age. The innovation in this book is spectacular; no old reused ideas here. I strongly recommend this book.
amazing adventures in the space-time continuum .......2005-09-13
A joyful, picaresque novel full of mind-blowing concepts from veteran mathematician-cyberpunk-sci-fi writer guru, Rudy Rucker.
It's 3003. Earth is a true nano-biotech Eden. Or is it? Well, families live in comfy house trees, food comes from the anyfruit tree, friendly dogs can talk to their masters but...
...there are only 256 highly-tweaked species created by the powerful NuBioCom corporation who also destroyed the Earth's original biodiversity in 2666...
Sure the families might have a happy time inside their house tree but the Gov is trying hard to keep them in line. (Gov - government - giant media-controlling brain-washing worms, now that invention won't need a 1000 years to be accomplished on this planet.)
Also there is the small problem of alien species determined to turn humankind into a massive reality TV show, each human monitored and more or less tele-controlled by an alien "player" to spice up the aliens' own boring lives.
Frek Huggins (a modern Frodo Baggins?), a twelve-year-old kid becomes humankind's unlikely hero and only hope after a few clashes with Gov, NuBioCom and a dozen different alien species.
Frek has no choice but to navigate the whole universe, visit different galaxies, enjoy or suffer the physics of different dimensions while fighting for his own sanity, his life and his friends and family. Can he also be the one who finds the Elixir, the DNA blueprints of all the lost biodiversity of planet Earth? Will he also free humankind from government, corporate and alien influence?
This post-modern odyssey sounds like a recipe for big time disaster (a few Hollywood script writers would fry their brains after the first scene) but Rudy Rucker pulls off the impossible with a surprisingly joyful, intense and interesting novel. Other than him it may only be Paul Di Filippo (Fuzzy Dice, anyone?) who can convincingly push his heroes through ten dimensions, hurl them into a sun or have a billion cartoon characters fight the last crusade.
Early in the book the English words and familiar mental images run out - Rudy forged some 80-100 new words to describe as many astonishing concepts regarding life in the 3000s, alien species and the joys and perils of intergalactic or transdimensional travels.
The ever wilder adventures and the thought-provoking ideas jump at the reader with an alarming speed every half page or so. Science, science fiction and a great dose of humane concerns about our future mix with a ripping yarn.
The intended audience (science fiction or science fans) might find it weird to follow a twelve-year-old character through interspecies business dealings, psychedelic space travel or battles against biotech-enhanced monsters, omnipotent aliens and evil governments. Hopefully, twelve-year-old kids, too, will pick this book up and allow it to create another few trillion neural connections in their developing brains.
Perhaps the protagonist could have been older. However, if the child is a metaphor for humankind's lack of knowledge regarding sustainable living, space travel or using and not abusing advanced technology then I suppose we can live with that.
The novel may be a little long or is just the right size at 460 pages. It is hard though rewarding to get through all the high concepts. The joyful, humorous writing does compensate for the effort.
The only negative aspect might be the frequent recaps on the adventures. Every day or so (as the majority of the novel spans the most exciting fortnight in Frek's life) the boy is thinking about the grand adventures he just had and we get a ten sentence summary of the last 40-50 pages. If we spent a whole delightful chapter in that galaxy or among those aliens why do we have to read a review at the end of that adventure. This happens probably 6-8 times in the book and I find it jarring.
Rudy may have wanted to follow a children's tale structure where you have to remind the children what happened just a little while ago. As the audience most probably will be in their twenties, thirties, forties, this may be unnecessary. Don't worry about our attention span, Rudy.
All in all, a very strong, enjoyable novel, hundreds of great new ideas, profound, gripping insight into our own government-, media-, globalisation-controlled lives.
For all aspiring writers and people fascinated by a writing process or a humanist thinker's mind, you can read an additional 145-page PDF document available for free download from Rudy Rucker's website. It is full of detailed notes and deleted scenes, the triumphs and nightmares of the whole novel creation.
Rudy did wrote a few pages on how old his hero should be, he was considering adolescents, teenagers, young adults and even burnt-out adults.
He mentions that he followed a heroic "monomyth" story structure, making sure that chapters reflect various significant parts such as "meeting a temptress" or "atonement with the father". This gives a strong push to the events and we don't get lost in the wonders of these super-weird worlds.
Three (million) cheers for such a brave and ambitious attempt. A true myth for the space age. Kids, please track this book down before the H-P reading fever leaves your veins.
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The real inspiration behind the composing of American hymns--and why they became so important to Americans in trying times.
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Stories behind the hymns.......2006-08-28
Wonderful little book, a joy to read about all the great hymns.
Doubts about the research of the book.......2006-08-17
In scanning the book's index, I was surprised that there was no reference to Fred Waring and his musical organization, the Pennsylvanians, and their relationship with "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Having been a member of the Pennsylvanians, I know for a fact that it was Waring and his choral arranger Roy Ringwald who are responsible for re-discovering this obscure Civil War hymn and featuring it on one of their Chesterfield Pleasure Time broadcasts in the early 1940's. Singlehandedly, Waring brought this stirring patriotic anthem to the public consciousness, and from that point on he featured "Battle Hymn" as the closing song in all of his live concerts. Yet, there is no hint that these accounts are even mentioned in the book, which makes me doubt the research done by the author. I will pass on purchasing it.
Interesting and Useful.......2006-06-27
The stories are accurate and interesting. There is no sheet music and I do not miss it. I have found the stories useful as fodder for comments I make when playing music for audiences. There are several other similar books, all good, but I sure wish there were a lot more by this author. There is one about Christmas music, but two are still not enough.
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Stories Behind the Hymns That Inspire America Abbey Press: Songs That Unite Our Nation
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