Coleccion Argumentos / Anagrama: El Anzuelo del Diablo : Sobre la Empatia y el Dolor de los Otros (Paperback)

from bobbieharv

Read really good reviews of this book but I can't say I agree with them. I'm not a fan of essays, generally: I find the intellectual style puts up barriers between author and reader - and so this style was an odd choice for a book purportedly about empathy! I see that other reviewers noted the pe...

from knsievert

Holding off on rating this one for awhile, because I need to let it sit a bit. Some of the essays were astounding (The Empathy Exams, Devil's Bait, Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain), many are good (The Immortal Horizon, Fog Count, The Lost Boys), and some less so. There was more Leslie Jamison...

from sydamy

While some essays were very interesting and delved into the many aspects of empathy, the rest were a struggle to read. I found myself skimming and even skipping paragraphs just to get through them. I was disappointed to find such contrast within the same book. I you feel you must read this one, d...

from MelissaLynn

I had a hard time getting through this collection. I found her writing style difficult to follow, and the ideas that she explored in her essays were at many times lost on me. Maybe I didn't enjoy these essays because it was not easy for me to identify with the author and her experiences. There wa...

from gendeg

We all carry emotional burdens and scars. What does it mean to identify with and acknowledge that pain in others? Is it like being a tourist in a foreign land, with aspects of immersion and voyeurism? In The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison tackles these questions and more through essays that chro...