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(More customer reviews)I came to Amazon to order a few extra copies for friends and would-be-better friends and was surprised to see (so far) only one review for this book. I, too, snapped it up cheap, not at all sure of the quality or VALUE, but I think that Bucay's book is well worth full retail.
Bucay is Argentinian, and this is his first book translated into English for a North American publisher and audience. But the good doctor is renowed in Spanish-speaking countries around the world.
Yes, he gets off to a bit of a disjointed start, with a patched together string of parables that seem sort of quaint and "foreign" (even causing me to conjure that first and greatest of Spanish "QUEST" characters, Don Quixote, but this little book really gets into some fine insights useful in the here and NOW. This is - Bucay is - a WISE GUY, and I say that in the positive sense. His folksy manner may, for some, betray the real rewards and subtle weight of his work, but that, I think, becomes MORE charming as the books progresses. MORE, not less, so give it a few chapters to warm up - and for you to warm to Bucay's rhetorical style. Then, the rest of this efficient and alluring book will be WELL worthwhile.
Bucay helps us consider what our freedoms are, what our responsibilities are (and aren't), and HOW we can come to terms (in simple though not terms) with reconciling our lives with the familial, social and cultural trappings, baggage and conventional "be like us/be a winner") BS around us. Any time an author can say accessible things about that, with some old-fashioned parables, straightforward language and some real insight and wisdom WITHOUT JARGON is just about ALWAYS worth the cover price.
Bucay shows much more humility and grace than most Type-A slash North American self-help writers. His book is a breath of modern sense with some Old World flair.
I encourage you to consider this book. I hope you'll get it and give Bucay's very FRIENDLY voice a chance to sink in. Then, as you read it, the real "meaning of life" insights will be what you find yourself considering.
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