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latest book
AGE OF ANGER
in 2014 after Indian voters,
including his own friends & relatives,
elected supremacists to power, and Islamic State (ISIL/ISIS)
became a magnet for young men & women
in Western democracies?
He finished writing it
during the week in which Britain voted
to leave the European Union!
He went to the printers
in the week that Donald TRUMP
was 'elected' president of the USA!
Each of these earthquakes
revealed fault lines that he felt had been barely noticed over the years,
running through inner lives as well as nations, communities & families. His pages
that follow will try to make sense of bewildering, and often painful, experiences by re-
examining a divided modern world, this time from the perspective
of those who came late to it, & felt, as many people do now,
left, or pushed, behind.
In zekere zin
ìs dìt ook HÈT hóófdprobleem
vàn dé mensheid geworden binnen enkele millennia:
kijk maar naar de verhalen over alle mannen, vrouwen, broers, zusters, rassen,
volken, landen & streken; Adam & Eva, Kaïn & Abel, Noach & z'n families, Henoch, Lamech,
Esther & Mordechai, konijnen & keizers van altijd & overal!? Gewoon 'n kwestie van honger & dorst,
begeerte & jaloezie, machten & krachten die net als al de andere cellen, planten & dieren strijden
om te kunnen overleven, gebruiken, beheersen & verdelen in 1001 categorieën
van goed, slecht, mooi, lelijk & "FIJN"!!
En ook herkenbaar
in goede & slechte tijden,
vrouwzoekende boeren, rijdende rechters, generaals, soldaten &
spionnen met advertenties, reclames, verrekijkers, satellieten, voorgeschiedenissen vol met oorzaken
& gevolgen, seks, streberij, (op)scheppen, (be)klagen, beschuldigen, verontschuldigen,
be- & veroordelen, berechten, aanvallen, verdedigen &
onderwerpen, ge- & misbruiken,
aanranden, verkrachten &
modieus fijn
verhacken.