Keep the River on Your Right Book

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I'm sure the story of his journey is a little fictionalised, but as one who believes fiction can tell truths better, I in no way object to that. A couple of pages late in the piece had a Biblical resonance, like an Old Testament lament (King James of course). He makes a big deal of his encounter with cannibalism - which he also makes symbolic. He doesn't judge, and nor is this a 'heart of darkness' situation, since what he seeks and finds is beauty and love. Alienated from his own society, he begins with an aversion to having any people whatsoever in evidence around him -- then dives into a society where touch is far more personal than his old allows, where you sleep in a heap and are never alone. In content, psyche and style, he reminded me of TE Lawrence whose Seven Pillars meant so much to me when young.