![]() ![]() What is it about love, or the grief of losing love, that makes a person want to swallow the wide world whole? At what point does the everlasting love for one convert into love for many? When the perfect circle made by two becomes so expansive that it includes many others, whether intentionally or not.įor the many fans out there of U2, or U2 haters, this books answers a lot of questions about their style, motivations, and puts some good questions in context. I spent one day assembling rocks into a sign that stared straight up into the sky: CORRINA I LOVE YOU. I decided this was a good place to build my signal. ![]() The lake was inside what looked like a giant volcano and the surface was like wet black sand. I walked to a glacier lake at 16,000 feet. I climbed into the Columbian Andes with no coat and an old pair of running shoes. There is no plea for pity in his voice when he writes about one of his many stages of international travel: And this is not much of a spoiler as it's explained early on: he had lost the love of his life to a car wreck in California. And he's in touch with his surroundings because of how deep within his feelings the circumstances of his life have burrowed. It's not that he's immune to pain - he just knows how to flow with danger, how to not let it overwhelm him into making mistakes. Sorted." Like some conference of apes, we all nodded and grunted in agreement, and for a moment it was impossible not to feel like the lost sons of Mother Teresa.īut why is an unattached, young American hanging out in a dangerous war zone, risking his life, losing chunks of his hair and his sanity, frequently going hungry, all to deliver food? Part of the answer lies in the severe abuse he suffers as a child, part of it is in losing someone incredibly important to him in his early twenties. "That's the one then," said Tony, slamming his fist on the table. He hit the magic button when he said the UN refused to deliver to the community because it was too dangerous. He talked for almost an hour before he finally got Tony's attention. In one part Carter and his group are living in a heavily shelled, abandoned Sarajevo skyscraper wondering where in the city to start delivering:įreddie, the community's representative, had come to us during the night looking for food. The tone is often sarcastic, often sad and always sensory rich. The language the author uses in "Fools Rush In" feels perfect for what he's trying to convey. He's not a journalist, not on any side of the conflict, which highlights his mindset, his innate need to move, travel, by one turn remember and on the other turn forget his past. A vivid call to awareness, to the sacredness of no expectations, to learning a lesson deeply for seeing its complete fruition through the horrors of war.īill Carter is in his twenties and joins a caravan of circus-like vehicles and performers delivering food to Sarajevo and other spots in Bosnia during the ethnic conflict. ![]()
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