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Openings & Outings: An Anthology
Openings & Outings brings together over forty pieces from the long and distinguished career of the writer and commentator David Pryce-Jones. Taking us from a meeting with Rudolf Hess's widow, to the slums of Tangier, to the front lines of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with many stops in between, Openings & Outings presents over fifty years of insight, from a writer with endless scope and perspective.
372 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 7, 2022
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October 12, 2022
Believe it or not, I am the first person on Goodreads to review this book. That's a shame, because deserves a wider reading. Pryce-Jones has collected his best essays/magazine pieces from the last 6o or so years. He has traveled widely in the Middle East, which is definitely the focus of a plurality of entries here. Although some of the pieces are, as mentioned, from the 1960s, it's amazing how little has changed in the past decades. But this perspective is invaluable especially when evaluating the claims of Palestinian agitators and others. It makes clear the reasons that peace has not come, and also clear the non-reasons. Suffice it to say that these won't match today's banalities.
Other important pieces trace changes in Europe over the last three decades, especially concerning the European Union and Islamization. Pryce-Jones is no Chicken Little, but neither does he have his head in the sand. His wide-angle perspective is refreshing.
Looking at Goodreads, I see that I read the author's memoir, Fault Lines, back in the 2015. Even it only has 22 ratings and 6 reviews. Also a shame. Authors like this don't come around all the time--and perhaps even rarer now if they are a dying breed (those who survived Nazi persecution certainly are!). Take up and read.
Other important pieces trace changes in Europe over the last three decades, especially concerning the European Union and Islamization. Pryce-Jones is no Chicken Little, but neither does he have his head in the sand. His wide-angle perspective is refreshing.
Looking at Goodreads, I see that I read the author's memoir, Fault Lines, back in the 2015. Even it only has 22 ratings and 6 reviews. Also a shame. Authors like this don't come around all the time--and perhaps even rarer now if they are a dying breed (those who survived Nazi persecution certainly are!). Take up and read.
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