Location: Italy
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March 03, 2011
Marzia Puskin
Smashwords book reviews by Marzia Puskin
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Aethersphere
on March 03, 2011
If you would like to know how death and love play such an important part in everyday life, then here's just the right book for you. Pharmacide is an engaging read for anyone who is interested in learning more about an internal psychological intense exploration that takes place step by step and in mapping the intimate contours of this mysterious and terryfing prodigy we all experience, called life. You can follow as this warrior-like yet peace-loving writer set out to challenge mainstream thinking, to debunk stereotypes, to put the dependance on obsession and on self-destruction into sharp perspective, filled with emotive images and vivid visions that penetrate deep down under our skin. And to seduce our mind with his apocalyptic point of view. We shy away from talking about death, not out of cold-heartedness, but out of fear. No one dares to say the wrong thing. Because death is scary. Pharmacide is a public space where we can "talk" freely and safely about death, chaos, loneliness, obsession, pain, violence, perversion, grief. But also about vampires, angels, muses, hopes, dreams, magic, art, synaesthesia, aethersphere, sex, love. In my humble opinion, the essence of Pharmacide is to find a way, however desperate, to make sense of the world even when it seems to be meaningless, vain and silly, and to keep yourself alive. Give it a try: I'm sure you'll be wonderfully surprised.