Daniel Stoinev Stoinev itibaren Ramona, OK 74061, Birleşik Devletler
Really thought-provoking, quick read, this book will make you think about the world and your place in it. Despite the title, it is not about primarily about Einstein.
This book brought up a lot of good but tough questions and was completely engrossing. I felt sorry for Charlotte but I also got frustrated with her stubbornness. Actually I felt sorry for the whole family at being dragged into the lawsuit. I could not believe the ending... why do authors have to do that???
Yet another quote from the text that outlines its general thesis: “Strategically placed, and compelled often to choose even at the best between the equally cogent through conflicting ideals of safety for the institution, and candor to his public, the official finds himself deciding more and more consciously what facts, in what setting, in what guise he shall permit the public to know. – That the manufacture of consent is capable of great refinements no one, I think, denies. The process by which public opinions arise is certainly no less intricate than it has appeared in these pages, and the opportunities for manipulation open to anyone who understands the process are plain enough. The creation of consent is not a new art. It is a very old one which was supposed to have died out with the appearance of democracy. But it has not died out. It has , in fact, improved enormously in technic, because it is based on analysis rather than on rule of thumb. – Within the life of the generation now in control of affairs, persuasion has become a self-conscious art and a regular organ of popular government. – Under the impact of propaganda, not necessarily in the sinister meaning of the word alone, the old constraints of our thinking have become variables” (247-48).
I labeled this as "poetry," but that doesn't really do it justice. It's a poem, by comic book writer Alan Moore, detailing the history of homosexuality, with gorgeous illustrations by Jose Villarrubia. It's just beautiful in every way.
Thought it was charming.