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I'm still torn on whether Egypt did the right thing in making peace with Israel or left Palestinians high and dry, but over all the book left me with a great deal of respect for Sadat and his wife. The book is touted as her plan for peace, but I'd say that is not at all what it is about. The greater theme of forgiveness and understanding definitely applies, but some of her specifics are all wrong. She thinks there is a resolution to the refugee problem in letting them return to the region, but not Israel proper- which I think is absurd. I'm still going with one state as the fairest solution, but I realize that one will come with conflict as well. It was interesting to read a bit about their lives and Sadat's legacy of democracy and peace. He did what he believed in and was willing to pay for it with his life (and did). She writes about Islam and what it means to her for a bit as well. This is perfect for those who are intent on telling as many as possible that Islam is not a religion of peace, "they" all want to kill us, true Islam is what extremists practice, where are the moderates, etc. She is a bit confused about Christianity, which is understandable. I thought many of her contrasts with Islam, however, were invalid because she used examples from Catholicism and Calvinism, which in many ways I don't believe are supported by scripture. This in no way invalidates what she says about Islam of her practice of it. The West could learn a lot even if one disagrees with it. She also writes about feminism. While she encourages independence, she also speaks to the Christian (and Muslim) value of the sexes having different roles, but being partners as well. Often in the US it is a choice- are you a feminist or do you take care of the home? All in all, it's a good read and short, too.

this is the conclusion to the first zuckerman trilogy of roth's series. From what i understand, this first collection of zuckerman books (continued with The Prague Orgy) is more about the life of the artist and the writing process and the lows and highs of being a popular author. Contrary to this, the later zuck books actually expand from these themes and deal with characters other than zuckerman himself. Of these first three, i found zuckerman unbound to be the most entertaining to read. it was funnier, whereas anatomy lesson was could be sad and downright annoying reading zuckerman complain for 20 pages at a time. But it definitely did have some hilarious moments. when nathan is pretending to be a crass and despicable pornographer who happens to have the same name as zuck's nemesis, Milton Appel. hilarious. and when he is considering the fact that he will have to study gynecology and diagnose women after the way he has portrayed them in novels like Carnovsky and received feminist criticism: "Those girls meant business - wanted blood. Well, he'd turn the tables and tend to abnormalities in the discharge of theirs." i have the prague orgy on order right now and after that i will probably continue with the counterlife and then the "second zuckerman trilogy" of the series. i can't get enough of that wonderful zuck.

Regained hope for the world.