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Summary: This book is pure magic!
Review: "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.
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Summary: This book is pure magic!
Review: "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.
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Summary: This book is a treasure!
Review: A metaphysical and campy joyride through the sunbaked streets of Mexico City. Surprising, erudite, inspirational,kitsch,this treasure trove will delight anyone seeking his/her own connection to the Divine Mother of the Americas;The tradition of 'great' writing we once thought lost returns to us in this very beautiful book;
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Summary: SUPER BOOK!
Review: A real delight to read. He makes the reader feel present with him, sharing the experience.I loved this lovely,moving book and recommend it to anyone!
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Summary: What a journey!!!
Review: Analytical yet emotionally charged and engaged, "The Road to Guadalupe" is a fascinating account of the story of the famous pilgrimage- It is told with the artist's eye for detail and the anthropologist's appreciation of cultural difference; With a stunning style and rare insight, the author shows that spirituality and modernity need not be mutually opposed; It is also the story of how church and state elites found themselves giving ground to the power of popular belief-Reads like a fantastic novel-I loved this book and highly recommend it!
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Summary: Superb!
Review: As a mexican-american, I am always fascinated by the interpretation of "La Virgen" through westerner's eyes; This book is an ebullient rush of emotions and sensual details; his writing is juicy and ripe, it's like biting into a fruit;
Buy this book!
Viva Guadalupe!
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Summary: At last!
Review: 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.
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Summary: Great Brilliance!
Review: Eryk Hanut is able to examine one of the darker chambers in the history of the Church- and its conquests-with an unblinking look at its sometimes lethal unjustices. His greatest achievement, however, is in his capacity to consider the drama of the story of Guadalupe in the light, to recognize that there are elements of the experience that challenges its sufferers to learn and grow and change, and to protect whatever joy they may find in it.
A great read, intense and breezy like a sunset above Mexico.
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Summary: Guadalupe lived here!!!
Review: Fantastic!!!I couldn't put it down!Respectful without being reverential, scholarly without being pedantic, and above all, immensely , wonderfully, READABLE!!!On his portrait on the back cover, Mr. Hanut seems to be a fairly young man; These are highly auspicious beginnings!!I can't wait for the next one!Give this book to your friends, no matter what their religion or politics are- there is magic in it.
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Summary: So eloquent!
Review: Great intellectual and spiritual elegance- and also mystical and human resilience; This is a great book; The author manages to write about spiritual traumas, both deep and ordinary, without leaving the reader traumatized. A quiet triumph of a book!
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