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Devotion Paperback – 7 Apr 2016

by Ros Barber (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars 11 customer reviews
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Oneworld Publications (7 April 2016)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 178074921X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1780749211
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,777,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Thoughtful, intelligent'

(Literary Review)

About the Author

Dr Ros Barber is the author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning The Marlowe Papers. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, lecturer in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths, and Director of Research at the Shakespearean Authorship Trust. She lives in Brighton.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
O-M-G: A fictional epiphany.
By T. Pieraccini on 9 Aug. 2015
Format: Kindle Edition
‘There are no words for this that are comfortable. Say you believe in God to an atheist and you’ll meet with scorn. Some people you speak to will mentally drop your IQ by fifty points. Some will instantly cease to respect you. There is a prevalent belief that faith is delusional…’
Ros Barber, Devotion

“There are no proofs for the existence of the God of Abraham,” said Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972). “There are only witnesses.”

I must admit to a strong bias here, inasmuch as I became convinced a quarter of a century ago that, whatever the relative doctrinal truth of the world’s major religions, there IS a spiritual component to reality, that this material plane is NOT everything there is. So you must take that into account when I say that the final fifty pages of Devotion represent the most thrilling fictional experience I’ve had for many years.

And as a work of fiction, this is very accomplished; a markedly different beast from Ros Barber’s award-winning all-verse The Marlowe Papers, it nevertheless displays a distinctly poetic sensibility in its prose. The prologue, for example, is a piece of wordplay not too far removed from some of the passages in Barber’s first book, almost suggesting a transitional passage between the two. As with (for example) Lawrence Durrell, this can be slightly distracting, as one is aware that this is ‘fine writing’, sometimes to the extent that it pulls one away from the event or emotions being described, but either I or the book (I suspect it was me) settled down very quickly and simply got involved in the story and the characters.Read more ›
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A page-turning joy of a read that kept me hooked from start to finish.
By Ms. K. G. Walton on 17 Aug. 2015
Format: Hardcover
Following the twists and turns of Logan's personal and professional journeys, Devotion made me re-contemplate my own inner journey at the same time as enjoying being a part of Logan's. I liked all the characters and believed in them, and their relationships. The ideas broached are ones that I have pondered from time to time and it was intriguing to see them explored through fictitious characters. I was interested in the outcome for all the characters and enjoyed the way that they were all clearly flawed, but all had the potential to change. The way in which the changes are negotiated are sensitive and well handled. I would recommend this book to any of my friends as and enjoyable read, but Devotion will also serve to remind them of the many different ways we human beings can approach each and every situation we find ourselves in, and affect it for better or for worse. Although the situations and characters are fictitious in this book, I felt I was being reminded to be conscious about how I live my own life, as the direction of it and relationships within it will be affected by my attitudes and actions regardless of whether I am behaving consciously or not. Not a bad thing to be reminded of!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
accessible and very timely
By Peeking Man on 14 Sept. 2015
Format: Hardcover
Set some years into the future in a Britain that retains the look and feel of the present day, DEVOTION takes place sometime after the death of Richard Dawkins, the new Messiah. Science has been replaced with Scientism, and Dawkins dogma pervades everything. Moves are afoot to have religious fundamentalism declared a mental health issue. Logan is a psychologist who is working on inducing spiritual experiences in his patients by firing the appropriate neurons. Logan has a strange family and is a man loaded with guilt. His son Tom is the product of drunken fumbling in the dark who only came to live with Logan when his mother drank herself to death. Logan’s daughter, April, is dead, almost certainly murdered.

DEVOTION is an extremely engaging book with a similar power and theme to DeLillo’s WHITE NOISE and follows a path reminiscent of recent blockbuster movies with short titles – Limitless, Inception and In Time. It is gripping, exciting, original and bears absolutely no resemblance to Barbers previous work. It’s an exciting book in many ways: accessible and very timely.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I loved it!
By Amazon Customer on 21 Oct. 2015
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
I absolutely loved this book. The characters were not necessarily likeable but very human and I cared about their stories and their processes of development. I also really enjoyed the different themes and the threading of them throughout the different characters from psychology through to belief, the complexities of the universe and the nature of reality. The main focus concerns bereavement and writing as someone who is living with a life changing loss I found the book unexpectedly nurturing in that respect. It comforted me and the fact that I though it beautifully written was also a plus especially as it was the first book that I have managed to read through for many months.
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It also questions ideas about love, death and the existence of God
By Allan on 19 Nov. 2015
Format: Hardcover
Bessacarr Readers' Group, Doncaster
Intriguing, thought-provoking, engaging, complicated and skilfully written. A novel which explores the effects of grief, especially its effects on the mind. It also questions ideas about love, death and the existence of God. The writing is at times vivid and poetic, describing things with such precision. It looks at how destiny and chance determines the course of our life, through the paranoia and confusion going through Logan's mind after the untimely death of his daughter, Flora, in a sky-diving accident. Dr Finlay Logan, a criminal psychologist, is struggling to come to terms with his loss and feels his grief is driving him 'mad'. There are similarities between Logan's private life and his work where he is working with April, a young religious fanatic who has blown up a bus murdering 15 of her fellow students, members of an atheist society. Logan believes that the new discovery by Dr Salmon, a scientist specialising in consciousness studies could help both April and himself to gain inner spiritual peace. The novel explores the ideas of a parallel universe, hence the two possible endings and even the last chapter suggests other possible paths. It is too complex a novel to write briefly about, you need to read it carefully to understand the ideas conveyed by the author, who at times plays 'Devil's Advocate'. If it is your type of novel, you will find it interesting and engrossing and it will be challenging and will reinforce your own thinking. A psychological novel that explores the power of language even in its title 'Devotion'. The book produced a lively and interesting debate at the Bessacarr Readers' Group with most people finding it a good, if disturbing read and awarded marks between 7 and 10, with most at the upper end. One member gave it 5.Read more ›
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