Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
The life of a small town
barber.
RATING:
A
Wendell Berry is a mystifying author, and you have the feeling that he laughed writing this book, knowing how few would really understand what he'd written. I wasn't one of them. I had glimpses into what he was saying, but can't really claim to understand it.
A small town barber lives in the same place virtually all his life, is in love with a woman who is married, so he never "does anything" about it, and hardest to believe, is a very content human. He has a bit of Thoureau in him, a love of natures connection to our spirit, and a severe distrust of religion, but also has questions that arise from a true reading of the new testament that confound the barber and more if we let it.
Highly Recommended
Wendell Berry is a mystifying author, and you have the feeling that he laughed writing this book, knowing how few would really understand what he'd written. I wasn't one of them. I had glimpses into what he was saying, but can't really claim to understand it.
A small town barber lives in the same place virtually all his life, is in love with a woman who is married, so he never "does anything" about it, and hardest to believe, is a very content human. He has a bit of Thoureau in him, a love of natures connection to our spirit, and a severe distrust of religion, but also has questions that arise from a true reading of the new testament that confound the barber and more if we let it.
Highly Recommended
Posted: Thu - July 15, 2004 at 05:31 AM
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