A beautiful, subtle exploration of loss and recovery, pierced throughout with Anne Tyler's humor, wisdom, and always penetrating look at human foibles. (bookbrowse.com)
Some of the essays take penetrating looks, in the spirit of Kass's own approach, at great Western texts by ancient Greeks such as Homer, Sophocles, and Plato; by modern philosophers such as Spinoza, Rousseau, Heidegger, and Strauss; and by literary greats such as Austen, Hawthorne, and James. (firstthings.com)
For a more penetrating look at the Bible as presented by the History / Duck Dynasty / Pawn Star / Big Shrimpin» channel here's Stephen Colbert's take: (religion.blogs.cnn.com)