Luminous.

For years I thought that this book would be too "literary" for my liking, but I should have recognized the signs to read it anyways (it kept popping up everywhere I looked and the cover is so lovely). Now I have found a new favorite author.

The writing style is unconventional, but not hard to follow and understand where you are in time (it jumps around to vignettes of various characters at different points in their lives). It is sparse but I didn't feel hungry.

I loved all the characters, all of them so unique. The book makes a point to separate people into two groups: those who see the world in front of them and those who don't. Those who see it are the artists, the kind and contemplative, the ones able to take joy in ordinary leaves falling, who value the dignity in everyone and everything. Those who don't see are people wrapped up in dehumanizing tv programs, who are bound to rules that mechanize humanity, who create fences based on birthplace or gender. So in reading the book, I was inspired to live more like the type of person who sees life... This dovetails with books by Richard Rohr that I am currently reading.

I hope I can write a beautiful and hopeful story like this someday.

#AlisaReadstheWorld: Scotland