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Title: The Road to Guadalupe: A Modern Pilgrimage to the Goddess of the Americas by Eryk Hanut ISBN: 1-58542-120-0 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 11 October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (44 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is pure magic!
Comment: "The Road to Guadalupe" is a heart-warming and healing treasure. Author Eryk Hanut weaves the timeless tale of the enormously revered Virgin of Guadalupe with his experiences as a modern day pilgrim in Mexico City. The fragile, poignant and miraculous story of the Mother's appearance to an illiterate peasant runs counterpoint to Hanut's dusty, wise and scintillating account of the host of eccentric characters, from charlatans to diamonds in the rough, that surround her shrine. It is this mixture of earthy and Divine that makes the book so utterly unique and delicious.
I marveled at Hanut's use of English (not his first language) in "I Wish You Love", the story of his relationship with Marlene Deitrich. In both books, he delights the reader with stunning metaphors. Although "The Road to Guadalupe" is a narrative, the author's disarming observations as poet and photographer dominate the vivid writing style, leaving his audience breathless and eager to turn the page in search for more of his jewels. His lazer sharp sketches of unforgettable characters will blaze in your memory, long after the book is reluctantly closed.
Rating: 5
Summary: At last!
Comment: At last. At last a book that is what it claims to be. At last an author whose congruency shines in every word and between every word. At last a HUMAN journey for, with, and in search of the divine. No detail is missed, no simple solution or candy-coated solace is sought, no doubt is shirked, no one and nothing is spared his scathing scrutiny and wit. This is it. This is Mexico. This is the journey of the thoughtful and the faithful. It is all seen and told with an acute sensitivity, a true and wicked sense of humor, a brilliantly refined and down-to-earth sensibility, and with a rare congruency that includes the reader in every emotion, every taste, and every spell on so many levels that it fills your senses and your heart with every word. I believe this writer. I believe his faith. I believe his struggle. I believe he could not have written this story, this way, without being exactly who he is on the pages. This book manages to BE a pilgrimage. It does not describe a journey to the sacred tilma in Mexico city. It IS the journey. Mr. Hanut managed to evoke the place, as if casting one of the spells, he includes from his journey. This book is a magical adventure that does not end. And Mr. Hanut is a practiced and effective guide in the land where story becomes myth, myth becomes religion, and religion becomes daily life in all of its darkness, as well as its light.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic book!!!!
Comment: This book is just superb! And I mean- SUPERB!!!!!!!!!Poetic,funny, acerbic- and so full of wisdom. I like his style- so irreverent and so deep at the same time. I will reread it often and will give it around.
I strongly recommend it- you got the point, right?
I met Eryk Hanut once- many years ago. I attended an opening for his artwork in Virginia Beach. I was with a friend (who was already sick and has died since)who admired and praised one of Mr. Hanut's Art pieces . She told him so and joked that she couldn't afford it; He left us and came back with the framed photograph that he had just took off the wall- and gave it to my friend. That's the kind of man he is.
Long live authors of his talent and originality!
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Title: Blessings of Guadalupe by Eryk Hanut, Tey Marianna Nunn ISBN: 1571781137 Publisher: Council Oak Distribution Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Mexican Phoenix : Our Lady of Guadalupe: Image and Tradition across Five Centuries by D. A. Brading ISBN: 0521531608 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 19 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Shamans, Mystics and Doctors: A Psychological Inquiry into India and Its Healing Traditions by Sudhir Kakar ISBN: 0226422798 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: February, 1991 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics by Allan Hunt Badiner, Alex Grey, Stephen Batchelor, Huston Smith ISBN: 0811832864 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves: Contemporary Pagans and the Search for Community by Sarah M. Pike ISBN: 0520220862 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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