Review: From Dunes to Dior: All the Answers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2012
This is cutting it rather close, but sometimes spur of the moment trips are a good thing. While mine only took me to the other side of town today, I have friends who are on a Mediterranean adventure. So, while I haven't a whole lot of time to get this review posted before the end of the tour (in T-4 hours) I promise to make it amusing.From Dunes to Dior was probably my favorite of the two books by Mohana.  Love Comes Later was by no means a slouch though. It was comprised of a series of essays written while she lived in Qatar. They are socially, politically and culturally intriguing. They're also economically, racially, religiously and intellectually captivating.I was hungry for some non-fiction, and I got it. It made me miss my friends, and wonder what their opinions are of the Mediterranean, after having been there for two weeks. I also wonder how their opinions would change over time, and change based on whether they are tourists, or people investigating a new way of life. I'm not sure that they fit either of those categories, but none the less, I wonder how reality so far has differed from their newest experiences.I wonder, mostly because of the book, from Dunes to Dior. Mohana's writing is almost like that of a good friend telling a story when they arrive back home. I read it and imagine her visiting parents or relatives for Christmas, and telling them stories. She's also probably answering their questions and trying to explain just how different life really is halfway around the world.There are so many good lessons, and truths, and interesting facts and important messages in this collection. Clearly though, I'm going to leave it up to you to go out, buy the book, and learn something really quite enlightening and interesting all at the same time.I love to explore and travel. I have always been one of those people who gets up in the middle of the night, realizes it's a 4 day weekend and decides that camping is a good idea. I like roaming. Traveling to far and distant places has not so far been a possibility for me, but if my life had been slightly different, or I'd taken path X instead of Y, I might have ended up in Europe as an au Pair, or more likely the homeless artist making a living in street markets. Or maybe, I'll end up in Space...In an alternate reality, anything is possible, therefore everything is possible, and possibly happening all at once. This collection though, it makes me actually WANT to travel. It even makes me want to move far away and make on of the alter-naimeless realities I'm so fond of inventing in my head come to life.Yeah, I got science fiction/time and relativity into a non-fiction review . . . what can I say, it's what I do :PManitoba is cold. My house is old.Dreams keep me warm, and books make me dream.Now pick up a book, specifically this book. From Dunes to Dior if it wasn't clear enough already. All life's answers (from one corner of the world)