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It must've lost something in translation to English because it is very underwhelming.
Excellent historical account of the Los Angeles Library and library lore in general. I love libraries and I related to the personal background of the author. Great history book!
I won't repeat all the rave reviews except to say that the last 200 pages are unputdownable and I read them in one day.
At the end I am struck by some thoughts about "the enduring treatment of the mentally ill" as represented by the Sanatorium. Take it from someone with firsthand experience, the failed methods of curing "mental illness" with potions, tinctures and removing any possible thing that could distress the nerves (toxic compassion) -- is no different than it was 200 years ago -- when you think about tne metabolically disordered, zombie-like, dependent existence which psychiatry and therapy work in lockstep to offer as the only solution.
At the end I am struck by some thoughts about "the enduring treatment of the mentally ill" as represented by the Sanatorium. Take it from someone with firsthand experience, the failed methods of curing "mental illness" with potions, tinctures and removing any possible thing that could distress the nerves (toxic compassion) -- is no different than it was 200 years ago -- when you think about tne metabolically disordered, zombie-like, dependent existence which psychiatry and therapy work in lockstep to offer as the only solution.
Excellent. I don't normally give 5 stars to poetry, this was a 4.75. I want to read every book she wrote.
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