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Knots (Mass Market Paperback)
by Laing rd (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars 6 customer reviews (6 customer reviews)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Illusrates ably the complexities of human relationships., 21 Nov 1998
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Dr. Laings book, Knots, illustrates in terms we can easily understand the unusual complexities of human relationships, particularly involving loving or not loving. With apparent child-like simplicity Dr. Laing demonstrates for us what is intuitively complex and daunting. He clarifies what for us is emotional and psychological, using the knot as a metaphore for what we want to see about our relationships that is clouded and only vaguely sensed. To clarify is to confirm. To make visible what is troubling is to give the reader respect for their intuition and possibly even a grasp of how to deal with our relations with each otherl. The power of understanding our relating to others is here in a short text from which we can begin to unknot our mental perplexity and achieve for ourselves satisfying or at the very least, understood, relations with those we love.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Our tangled lives and the games we play, 3 Dec 1997
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'Knots' is Laing's dark, ultra-perceptive account of human relationships. Taking observed situations and distilling them into sets of exact, clear sentences, Laing achieves just the balance between the specific and the general to ensure that you will recognise each portrait either in your acquaintances or, most disturbingly, in yourself. Broadly mirroring the pattern of a life, from a child's observation of adults, through adult sexual relationships and finally to the nihilistic aspects of old age, 'Knots' was and still is a ground-breaking work, and when taken in context with Laing's other writings, forms a formidable source of insight into daily life.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book if you like to play on words and concepts., 3 Nov 1997
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This is a book of many clever twists based on very simple subjects. As the name suggests, Mr. Laing amusingly ties and unties knots with common words and phrases. He will have you laughing one moment, and reading out loud the next. You will certainly want to share this book with friends. If you like brain teasers and abstract humor, get tied up in Knots.
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