And the Rivers Run Red

By Sonia P. Seherr-Thoss

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564742555
• ISBN13: 9781564742551
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Fithian Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 6.0"

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Struggles for the Soul of Modernity

With this brief book, Sunny, as her friends call her, reports on her off-the-beaten-track travels to Egypt, India, Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkey. She then returns to the U.S. for her introspective observations in the southwestern desert. She and her husband travel by camper, for flexibility of itinerary, and to insulate themselves from other tourists. She positions a chapter of affectionate reflections on her historic hometown of Litchfield, Connecticut, as a transition to the themes which find voice in her other writings. When Sunny shifts from intrepid foreign correspondent to more contemplative musings, the reader must depress the clutch and speed-shift to catch up. In the earlier chapters of the book she entertains; with the latter she engages our intellect. Herein she addresses the struggles for the soul of modernity, including population versus natural resources, labor versus management, technology versus mankind, urbanism versus ruralism, democracy versus totalitarinism, church versus state, idealism versus realism, and capitalism versus socialism. In the end, we'll have filled our daily requirements in history, ethics, politics, economics, geography, and philosophy; all in 126 pages.