270119 from 80s: this is the first brazilian book i read that is not amado such as [book:Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands|1644612]. as...

2000s?: second review. this 2nd time after reading some critical work on it, i was more aware of the flow and power dynamics between the...

020219 from ???: i remember, when reading this at my favorite coffeehouse several years ago, coming across a wonderful, droll,...

Giovanni Pontiero (Translator) 020219 from ??? 2000s?: now i have read it at least 4 times. creates a wonderful intimacy with the reader...

230417: exceptionally clear, concise, kind. this work is definitely one of the best summaries of buddhism encountered, though it helps to...

Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path 230317: excellent. this is exactly the contrast/comparison between these two ways of thought,...

230129: if you have ever wondered why the Dalai Lama is so well-regarded, this book will answer you. as it is mostly about samsara...

230117: excellent. exactly what I love most in continental philosophy: wide ranging, encompassing, open to many traditions of thought:...

An Introduction to Henri Bergson 220701: (this is eleven years later reread) recent read (220625)[book:Bergson’s Philosophy of...

140718: this is read 3 times. this is the book that made his name. it has been translated but i do not know how: a lot of the pleasure is...

if you like this review, i now have website: www.michaelkamakana.com 220611: this is probably the most academically accurate of the...

Victor H. Mair (Translator) 220322: have decided to read various translations i have of this text, not that the renderings are...

120619: this is fascinating. this will reward future rereads, much as sex rewards repeats, for the author has ranged widely, focused,...

220315: 6th review. just cannot help rereading this, though not much new to add, except maybe it is more convincing that life in...

Thinking without Negativity or Time as Striving 220225: i should not be surprised that reading this text is challenging, dense,...

110707: i read this as existential romance when i read it in translation [book:Bonjour Tristesse|828023], quick, charming, bittersweet,...

210522: eerie, excellent, exasperating. never been on book tour but this seems to capture its strange nature, in everything from just...

there is the game itself, but much of the pleasure of the event is in anticipation, in delay, even if you are not following details of...

Bad Day #-1 250 words I do not remember how to live. Doctors and nurses and therapists no longer have a specific role in my life. I am no...

Bad Day #-1 250 words I do not remember how to live. Doctors and nurses and therapists no longer have a specific role in my life. I am no...