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Walter Mosley b 1952 is the author of the bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins as well as numerous other works from literary fiction and science fiction to a young adult novel and political monographs His short fiction has been widely published and his nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times Magazine and the Nation among other publications Mosley is the winner of numerous awards including an O Henry Award the Anisfield Wolf Book Award a Grammy and PEN America s Lifetime Achievement Award He lives in New York City. Odyssey Science fiction books In this gripping and provocative eBook original novel celebrated bestselling author Walter Mosley explores the mind of an African American man who is forced to re examine his most closely held beliefs about race and about himself Sovereign James wakes up one morning to discover that he s gone blind. Odyssey book 1 summary Sovereign s doctors can t find anything wrong with him nor does he remember any physical or psychological trauma Unless his sight returns Sovereign has reached the end of his 25 year career in human resources A couple of weeks later he is violently mugged on the street His sight briefly miraculously returns during the attack for a few seconds he can see as well as hear a young female bystander s cries of distress Now he must grapple with two questions What caused him to lose his vision and perhaps troubling why does violence restore it As Sovereign searches for the woman he glimpsed he will come to question everything he valued about his former life Odyssey Author Walter MosleyDownloaded for a couple of bucks worth the price of a hardback What is blindness that is the philosophical essence of this novel Plus it had me hooked from the dedication page Jean Bethke Elshtain was a Larimer County Colorado gal who made it big time as an ethicist She died just last August Mystery Thrillers Literature Fiction Science Fiction Unlike any other story by this author In my humble opinion writers who can successfully depart from their primary genre and deliver engaging stories at or above the same level is the mark of a great author Walter Mosley achieves this with a tale of a 50 year old black HR manager who loses his sight due to an unknown trauma During therapy sessions we learn of his family disconnection with emotions and Falling prey to an unexpected robbery attack he encounters a young girl poses a double sided situation that ultimately favors a shift Mosley has tremendous talent for storytelling and having read many of his books this one stands out Engaging evocative and unusual its recommended for those who appreciate character arc a dab of mystery touch of crime and the unexpected Mystery Thrillers Literature Fiction Science Fiction If odyssey is defined by a long and eventful journey then this novel is aptly titled The adventure here belongs to Sovereign James a HR manager who has been implementing a secret social engineering project designed to empower Black people to the point where they can take over the company The novel opens with Sovereign meeting with a psychiatrist because he has suffered from hysterical blindness There is no apparent physical component to this but for the past 9 weeks Sovereign hasn t been able to see anything He has been completely blind And through Sovereign s meetings with the Dr. 5 examples of science fiction in addition to his own private thoughts reminiscing about his life we learn a great deal about how he assesses himself Though he has lost eyesight he has gained tremendous insight He takes an inventory of his past and is rarely pleased with the contents Sovereign befriends a young lady named Toni after a mugging and a good portion of the novel deals with their relationship as she becomes his lover and confidante Through their conversations and interactions we re informed about Sovereign s upbringing and his family The retrospecting into his family his relationship with his grandfather his lively live in the moment brother is where this novel sizzles Sovereign s sight is returned after a traumatic event that ironically involves Toni s friend and subsequently Sovereign wants to set things right in his life He wants to change his reactions and behaviors to become a better person The lack of sight has given Sovereign plenty of time to see his past and make changes to his present to arm himself for the future. 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This was fairly entertaining reading but I really have come to expect from Walter Mosley Mystery Thrillers Literature Fiction Science Fiction Always love Walter Mosley s writing Great storyline excellent tight writing and a nice dose of philosophy thrown in Mystery Thrillers Literature Fiction Science Fiction I ve enjoyed other books by Walter Mosley This one was not for me Abandoned Mystery Thrillers Literature Fiction Science Fiction Love Walter Mosley and this character I wold love for him to do a book about Drum Eddie Sovereign was an interesting character but his brother would make a better read Mystery Thrillers Literature Fiction Science Fiction Best Mosley since The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey Mystery Thrillers Literature Fiction Science Fiction
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