A Book of Dreams

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The writing is tender and emotional; you can tell Peter may have had a hard time understanding and processing his childhood once he reached adulthood and reflected on what happened. This occurs very near the beginning of the book and is a feat never quite repeated in the rest of it. Wilhelm Reich fue un incomprendido que terminó sus días encarcelado y lejos del hijo que amaba, quien lo recordaría por el resto de sus días en ese horizonte extraño que desdibujó la realidad y el sueño y convirtió a su infancia en un misterio indescriptible. I’d describe my grammar as average at best, but this was written in a really clunky way, with the narrator even inexplicably switching from first to third person at points? Like many, I picked this up because I’m a big Kate Bush fan and was excited to read a story about a father son relationship, rain machines and other magical things.

The later pages howl with young Reich's pain and the difficulty of coming to terms with his father: genius or madman? I was not entirely sure what to expect when I picked this up and paid the most money I have ever paid for any used book - but I did know that there was something special about it because of the sheer amount of other works of art that used this text as an inspiration. A Book of Dreams, the inspiration behind Kate Bush s 1985 hit song Cloudbusting , and widely regarded as a classic of writing about childhood, is at last available in paperback again. I did like this book if not solely for the dream-like flow at its start but also for its good use of imagery and the science fiction framed but ultimately fantastical element of "cloudbusting". And in the end, the book gave me the same unfinished and sad feeling as the song: that Peter can never fully get past the yearning for the magical ideals he lived in childhood, or let go of his need for the closeness he had for his father, both of which are irretrievably gone.Peter's poetic way of writing makes this experience all the more enjoyable, and I can absolutely see why both Patti Smith and Kate Bush were so moved by this book, and I'd highly recommend it to both fans and non-fans of these wonderful musicians. If I were to hypothesize, I would say that there are many artists who owe their careers to this wonderful text, a book that shows the Blue-Velveteen Lynchian horrors that writhe underneath the surface of modern society, and that have made such a horrific and troubling impact on the young dream-life of the son of Wilhelm Reich.

Which is exactly what happened - the police came, and the boy couldn't run fast enough to warn his Dad. Although the exact science of the Accumulator was disputed (and is now considered pseudoscience), it became a hit among many, who claimed that it gave them a boost in energy as well as sexual vigor. He was given responsibility in this cosmic war by operating the cloudbuster, a machine that could control the weather. Wilhelm Reich studied under Sigmund Freud, who he later parted ways with due to a disagreement in their approaches to sexuality. I wish the author had more info about himself and what he is up to now but the book is out of print and he has disappeared into anonymity.Peter Reich is the son of Wilhelm Reich, one of the most brilliant and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. After fleeing the Nazi regime to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Reich eventually settled down in the United States, where he began on a series of inventions and theories which made his colleagues question his sanity. The writing was at times really amazing, I would give this book a rating of five, except that the part where he becomes an aimless hip twenty something in the 60s kind of detracts. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. But this book isn't that, it's understandably too close to what happened and I guess I'm after something straighter and more detached.