Conflict. Often meaningless insecurities and jealousies form the basis of conflict. We are better than that. We are all the same-- we bleed the same colored blood, we get hurt and we are sensitive. Instead of differences, let's try and be better than our insecurities. Here's the detailed book review of this remarkable book, Aperiogon-- a masterpiece by Colum McCann. Many thanks to @bookopia @moonbeams.stardust @wantonruminating for letting me be a part of this. It has saved my life. Book Review: The most remarkable thing about this book is the way it brings forth the horrors of Israeli Palestinian conflict and yet manages to leave you with hope. One of the rare books where the masterful storytelling takes precedence over the story itself. Don't get me wrong, the story is immensely raw and powerful: pushes one to dive into the depths of the primitive urges of walking the path of violence, the mistaking of justice for revenge, and the inevitable chaos and hurt that are bound to spring from it if we surrender to the industry of fear. But it is the storytelling that leaves me impressed. Fractured, sure, but it successfully stretches out singularity of art across the ages, boundaries and time (Music is liquid architecture and architecture is frozen music - Goethe; The Emperor of Atlantis - Victor Ullmann; the origin of Mayday, Mayday, Mayday). The story is alive, it has a rhythm and a soul. It is not often one come across a writer that pushes the boundaries of the craft so boldly. The characters couldn't possibly be more different: one Israeli, another Palestinian. Cataloged as per their religion, their dress and geography, much like the birds in the book, but one cannot escape the fact that they are as similar as they are different. Their grief of losing a child is universal, their humiliation in the face of being strip searched, often in front of their own kids, is universal. The need for dignity is universal. The plea for dialog, for hope, for putting an end to the meaningless ordeal of losing a loved one, is universal. #bookreviews #aperiogon #colummccann #palestine #israel #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookpic #bookslover https://www.instagram.com/p/CPDQXWgFvlg/?utm_medium=tumblr