These are the books you don't want to read... but read anyway.
They never aspire to be easy yet they grab you by the throat and force you to finish them, milking the last bit of your attention to the issues they scream out.
These books talk about the things you, in your right mind, wouldn't want to know. About human immorality and the depravity it breeds. About stories that leave you both clutching your fist in righteous anger and lowering your brows to helplessness and utter resignation.
These are the books you don't enjoy, that were never meant to be enjoyed, but were written solely for the purpose of raising your awareness and calling you to action.
These are the books which talk about murder, slavery, rape, exploitation, of human suffering and human despair. These are the books best left shunned aside in a corner, well away from the coffee tables and the book shelves.
Yet, these are the books which cry out for redemption, a redemption which can only be won by you alone. They cry out to be saved, to be assured that, despite our propensity towards evil, the human spirit is essentially good and well.
These are the books that form a conscience.
They never aspire to be easy yet they grab you by the throat and force you to finish them, milking the last bit of your attention to the issues they scream out.
These books talk about the things you, in your right mind, wouldn't want to know. About human immorality and the depravity it breeds. About stories that leave you both clutching your fist in righteous anger and lowering your brows to helplessness and utter resignation.
These are the books you don't enjoy, that were never meant to be enjoyed, but were written solely for the purpose of raising your awareness and calling you to action.
These are the books which talk about murder, slavery, rape, exploitation, of human suffering and human despair. These are the books best left shunned aside in a corner, well away from the coffee tables and the book shelves.
Yet, these are the books which cry out for redemption, a redemption which can only be won by you alone. They cry out to be saved, to be assured that, despite our propensity towards evil, the human spirit is essentially good and well.
These are the books that form a conscience.
1 comment:
Pao, miss you!! Where in this part of the world are you??
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