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Review of “This Mobius Strip of Ifs” by Sam Sattler
This review of “This Möbius Strip of Ifs” by Sam Sattler appeared on his Book Chase website. A slightly edited on version is available on Amazon. Much thanks to Sam for his kind words about the book. This Mobius Strip of Ifs Seldom have I run across a collection of essays as revealing, provoking, and inspiring as Mathias Freese’s This Mobius Strip of Ifs. Freese is at a place in his life that lends itself to deep introspection about the “what-ifs” of a lifetime spent searching for the truth about himself and his relationship to a society of which he largely…
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I Am Cultivating the Faculty of Patient Expectancy
In the very early Fifties I saw Alec Guinness and Yvonne DeCarlo in “The Captain’s Paradise.” I believe that is the title. What is important is that the bigamous captain, Guniness, has a wife in two ports. When he observes one in his presence he whispers the above title words to a friend when asked what is unnerving him. Chesterton coined that bon mot. It always stayed in mind because of the felicity of its expression and the unflappability of the stereotypical Englishman, especially Sir Alec with that clipped English of his. I set out to find its source years…
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On Having and Holding This Mobius Strip of Ifs
A few days ago I received the initial fifteen free copies from the publisher of my new book. Always exciting, fulfilling, intellectually and emotionally nourishing to see one’s new book fill up a box. I reached in for my first copy and relished the delightful rich royal blues of the new cover with a mobius strip as its main symbol and metaphor for the entire book of essays, memoirs and reminiscences, essentially a remembrance of things past. Usually I carry my new book wherever I go because someone may ask me about it or I may feel I want to share my…
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First Review of “This Mobius Strip of Ifs” by Shirley Roe, AllBooks Review
July 2011 Before I begin, I will state that I am a huge fan of Mathias Freese. His novel, The i Tetralogy, sits in a place of honor on my bookshelf as one of the books I shall never forget. This Mobius Strip of Ifs is a collection of essays written by the author over a long period of time and finally brought together in a fascinating work of literary genius. I sit and read the essays and sometimes I find myself in a place of deep soul searching and discovery, other times I am simply entertained, but never disappointed.…