Review – 3
“Sense and Semblance presents a powerful indictment of superficiality. It confronts the core issues and reinforces the need to challenge this cosmetic culture in both public and private life.”
I read “Sense and Semblance” by Remington Norman with fear for our future and then with sparks of hope as it contains much food for thought. I have read it more than once and dipped back into the book when a thought took me back to a particular argument. As the monetary crisis hits us all in the next few years some of his comments will come back to haunt. Indeed, politicians Worldwide could do well to read the wisdom and ‘discussion’ between the pages.
“As this mindset becomes the norm – the way life is – its impact is lessened; rather like living with everyday violence in a sink housing-estate or a black African township you become inured to it. The fact is that, while many are busy chasing a chimerical, idealised, `lifestyle’, superficiality has corroded genuine quality of life. The argument of this book is that until these realities are recognised there is negligible chance of stopping, let alone reversing, the trend. This requires hard-edged, dispassionate thinking, free of obfuscation and sentimentality.”
I highly recommend this excellent book and it is definitely one to keep.
M. Wylie
Posted on Amazon.co.uk Nov 2008