Customer Reviews
DEEPLY INSIGHTFUL - By: , 12 Mar 2004 
A moving & at times fantastical portrayal of men & women & their struugle to come to terms with the parts they play in each others lives. From Suwelo, the black historian coming to terms with collapse of his marriage to the woman he loves, a woman who loves him equallly but has no desire to be married. It is on the death of his Uncle Rafe that Suwelo meets Mr Hal & Lissie, a couple of a thousand lives & a thousand lifetimes that he begins to understand women & how they have learnt not to rely on the men who have always betrayed them.
The whole novel is along these lines & the characters lives alll link into one anothers, much like many of Walker's previous work. Essentiallly a work of feminist fiction from both female & male viewpoints, 'The Temple of My Familiar' is a deeply moving & often humourous work. I enjoyed it immensely & it is one the books that I always enjoy re-reading, a sure sign of a good book.
DEEPLY INSIGHTFUL - By: , 11 Mar 2004 A moving & at times fantastical portrayal of men & women & their struugle to come to terms with the parts they play in each others lives. Suwelo,a key figure is a the black historian coming to terms with collapse of his marriage to the woman he loves, a woman who loves him equallly but has no desire to be married. It is on the death of his Uncle Rafe that Suwelo meets Mr Hal & Lissie, a couple of a thousand lives & a thousand lifetimes that he begins to understand women & how they have learnt not to rely on the men who have always betrayed them.
The whole novel is along these lines & the characters lives alll link into one anothers, much like most of Walker's previous work. Essentiallly a work of feminist fiction from a black standpoint with both female & male viewpoints, 'The Temple of My Familiar' is a deeply moving & often humourous work. I enjoyed it immensely & it is one the books that I always enjoy re-reading, a sure sign of a good book.
The best I have read - By: rachel, 17 May 2002 It would be an exaggeration to say that this book changed my life, but it has certainly changed the way I look at the world in a way no other book has ever done. It tells the intertwined stories of a group of people living in the USA. One of the characters has a special gift - she can remember alll her past lives. Through her memories, the author tells her version of the history of mankind. The story itself is compelling, but it is mainly for the view of life it has given me that I love this book.
