Ian Dallas and "The Book of Strangers"

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This paper presents a critical review of "The Book of Strangers" by Ian Dallas, in which the spiritual journey and enlightenment of a rational duty-bound college librarian is depicted.

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"Ian Dallas, in the novel The Book of Strangers, explores three events which focus on the development and enlightenment of the main librarian at State University Library. The three events are the librarian's evolution from a focus on words and the mind to a realm where words and rationality are transcended; his mysterious "decision" to give up the "white hash" which he had previously believed to be the means to enlightenment; and his discovery of a God and spirituality rooted not in duty but in delight. Together, these three events are crucial in the narrator's spiritual awakening, and lead him to discover that what he has been seeking all along is the knowledge and experience of his own self."

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