{"id":29910,"date":"2022-12-28T12:14:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T16:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=29910"},"modified":"2022-12-28T12:14:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T16:14:24","slug":"aysegul-savas-notions-of-the-sacred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2022\/12\/28\/aysegul-savas-notions-of-the-sacred\/","title":{"rendered":"Aysegul Savas: “Notions of the Sacred”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Notions of the Sacred”<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Aysegul Savas<\/span>
\nfrom the January 2 & 9, 2023 issue of\u00a0The\u00a0<\/i>New<\/i>\u00a0Yorker<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

\"\"I<\/span> still really want to get to know Savas’s work better. What I’ve read has been excellent, but I have not read any of her books. Can I rectify that in 2023? I think it should be a goal of mine to finally read both Walking on the Ceiling<\/em> and White on White<\/em>. For now we get a new story, and I like how it starts by making me wonder just what we are talking about.<\/p>\n

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I once heard a woman say that immediately upon finding out, she\u2019d felt the dawning of a strange inner power. It seemed as though she could undertake any task, could live through any hardship. This was a strength not of muscles, the woman said, but of light. In this new form of herself, she felt more alive than she ever had before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We learn in the very next paragraph what is going on, but it’s still quite mysterious, especially for a man, like me, who won’t experience this kind of inner power.<\/p>\n

Please leave your thoughts below!<\/p>\n

I hope you’re all having a lovely week as we close out 2022. I look forward to seeing you in 2023!<\/p>\n<\/div>