tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post4902191802760691327..comments2024-03-01T00:18:27.643-08:00Comments on THE ALCHEMIST'S KITCHEN: My Life As A Foreign Country -- A New Kind of War StorySusan Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11883699379179129887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-33167126972755456212014-10-24T05:39:33.206-07:002014-10-24T05:39:33.206-07:00I really want to read this book - it sounds like a...I really want to read this book - it sounds like a haunting, thought-provoking yet lyrical work. OK, maybe lyrical isn't the right word, but it's a language that seems taut, poetic, very fit for purpose.Marina Sofiahttp://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-23087030894800164822014-10-21T11:17:57.699-07:002014-10-21T11:17:57.699-07:00Wow, this sounds good, particularly after getting ...Wow, this sounds good, particularly after getting to know his poems. I'm adding it to my book list now. Thanks Susan. drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509808686782374652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4294176875047610623.post-8783487781642987872014-10-21T09:21:14.791-07:002014-10-21T09:21:14.791-07:00I, too, want to re-read this book, which I think i...I, too, want to re-read this book, which I think is extraordinary. It's one of the most original and creative and haunting approaches to memoir I've ever read. Turner has indicated that he deliberately focused on the masculine point of view and may revisit his experiences with a female perspective, what he calls "the other side of the house." <br /><br />An audio version is available, which must be amazing to hear.<br /><br />There's a very good interview with him at Brevity.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.com