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Hallo, Mister Gott, hier spricht Anna ist der deutsche Titel eines Buchs, das 1974 als Mister God, This Is Anna veröffentlicht wurde. Der unbekannte Autor des Bestsellers verbarg sich hinter dem Pseudonym „Fynn“. Inhalt[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Das Londoner East End in den 1930er Jahren, während der Weltwirtschaftskrise: der 19-jährige Schriftsteller Fynn trifft zufällig ein 5-jähriges Mädchen namens Anna, das von zu Hause ausgerissen ist, weil es vermutlich von jemandem geschlagen wurde. Fynn nimmt Anna bei sich auf, und über die nächsten „ungefähr dreieinhalb Jahre“ entsteht eine tiefe Freundschaft. Anna zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass sie trotz ihres kindlichen Alters komplizierte, oft theologische und philosophische Zusammenhänge in einfachen Worten wiedergeben kann; sie glaubt felsenfest an „Mister Gott“. Anna stirbt kurz vor ihrem achten Geburtstag durch einen Sturz von einem Baum auf einen Zaun. Die Geschichte verfolgt nur grob eine chronologische Handlung. Vielmehr werden viele von Annas Erkenntnissen in Episoden behandelt. Fortsetzung[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]1987 erschien eine Fortsetzung unter dem Titel Anna’s Book. Diese enthält Annas hinterlassene Notizen und Briefe, die von Fynn überarbeitet wurden. 1990 erschien das dritte und letzte „Anna“-Buch, Anna and the Black Knight. Es handelt von Thomas Fox, der Fynns und später auch Annas Mathematiklehrer war. Bühne[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Das Theater in medias res verfügt weltweit über die einzige vom Autor genehmigte Bühnenversion des Romans. Bis dato lehnte der Autor es strikt aus Authentizitätsgründen ab, den Roman auf die Bühne zu bringen. Fynn[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Der Autor hinter dem Pseudonym „Fynn“ soll laut einer englischen Website der Engländer Sydney George Hopkins (1919–1999) gewesen sein. Buchausgaben[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
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Five stars are not enough. So I am going to take my "mirror book" and create an endlessly repeating circle of stars. Anna deserves no less. This is a spiritual and philosophical book, but it is not tied into religion. Anna is spectacularly, terrifyingly and completely ALIVE!Every fibre of her being hums and sparks with life, feeling and imagination. What makes me sad about reading this again after
almost 30 years is the realisation that I have become so full of holes. This became obvious when the This is a spiritual and philosophical book, but it is not tied into religion. Anna is spectacularly, terrifyingly and completely ALIVE!Every fibre of her being hums and sparks with life, feeling and
imagination. What makes me sad about reading this again after almost 30 years is the realisation that I have become so full of holes. This became obvious when the little nagging voice in my head insisted that the relationship between Fynn and Anna was odd. It's really not. Anna and Fynn loved each other. They fully trusted and believed in each other. It's a sign of how jaded I've become that I doubted the purity of that feeling for even a moment. This book is like night-time: "It
stretches your soul right out to the stars. And that...is a very long way."
As I began reading this I was prepared to dismiss it as a cheap attempt by "anonymous" to challenge the accepted philosophy and practices of Christianity. It begins with a teenage dock worker, Fynn, in pre-WWII London
finding an abandoned four-year-old girl one night and taking her home to his mother. Over the next several years the girl, whom they call Anna, fills his life with wonder and his mind with her ideas about "Mister God". How, I wondered, could this young man have the quantity of idle As I began reading this I was prepared to dismiss it as a cheap attempt by "anonymous" to challenge the accepted philosophy and practices of Christianity. It begins with
a teenage dock worker, Fynn, in pre-WWII London finding an abandoned four-year-old girl one night and taking her home to his mother. Over the next several years the girl, whom they call Anna, fills his life with wonder and his mind with her ideas about "Mister God". How, I wondered, could this young man have the quantity of idle time he appears to spend with this girl AND work AND study math and science AND read philosophy and classics to the extent he says he does. He has a microscope and a
slide rule and he assembles a radio set. In short, he does not fit with the neighborhood he describes nor the person he professes to be. I was sufficiently troubled about all this to execute some google searching. Searching the word "Fynn", I found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_G... There are some thoughts in the book that did not resonate with me, but much that did. In
fact, so much so that I began reading aloud full chapters to various members of my family and enjoying the passages even more with each reading. Anna has the capacity to think out of the box, so to speak, because she has never been fettered with a box. Fynn is something of a child prodigy himself when it comes to all things mathematical. The combination of the two produces some amazing theories about metaphysics and Christianity. This is by no means a sentimental, trite, or simple story,
as the title might suggest to today's reader. In fact, I intend to re-read parts of it and add reference notes in my copy of the book. As a whole it is beyond amazing. It is astounding. Post script: This story is also an exploration about a revolutionary model of the education process. Ideally, all children would be more like Anna, and perhaps they are. In which case, providing MORE time for idle wanderings, tinkering, and engaging in the scientific process combined with discussion,
questioning, postulating, framing solutions by the child and extensive reading of the classics and immersion in acquired areas of interest and expertise by teens and adults with the same eagerness as the child would result in a more invigorating and effective educational process. Three cheers for Anna and Fynn!!!!!
This book changed my entire world, my entire life.
This book is so very, very beautiful. It is simple and yet profound. It is a book that I have
read, re-read and re-read again and again. And I never tire of it. Every time I read it I discover some new gem. My copy of the book makes it an art to read as it is beyond the 'falling apart' stage. The pages are no longer attached and yet for me that is just a sign of how loved the book is. Loved by my parents and then passed on and loved by me. I never met Anna, but I feel like I have, and I like her. I never met Anna, but I feel like I have, and I like her. I like her a lot! Anna was just four
years old when Fynn found her wandering round London’s Docklands one foggy night in the 1930s. Badly neglected and abandoned by her parents, he took her home to be cared for by his own family. She was little and she was young but her impact by far outsized her. Nobody who met Anna remained the same: not even Bossy the cat or Patch the dog who she tamed in an instant. As Fynn said of her, "this was no casual knowing; it required total application." Anna may have been young but she was an
intelligent, lively, precocious chatterbox who had an outlook on life which could completely transform your understanding of life and make you think "of course it is that simple!" One of the things about Anna is the incredible relationship she had with 'Mister God'. Not some distant childhood vision of a god sitting on a throne up in the clouds, but in her wonderful matter of fact way she just really knew 'Mister God'. And her insights were just incredible. And as you read you find
yourself, along with Fynn, learning so much. Anna's mirror book, her understanding that you can do billions of sums when you start with the answer, the way she could see everyday objects in a way which reflected her understanding of 'Mister God' are just some of the amazing aspects of Anna. Each time I read it I feel like I come away having gleaned more than from any sermon, or from all my years at school. On this reading one of the things that struck me was the understanding that God's
greatest creative act was rest. He spent 6 days sorting out the muddle that was there in the first place and then to crown it all he created rest for us. "When he finished making all things, Mister God had undone the muddle. Then you can rest, so that's why rest is the very, very biggest miracle of all." God didn't rest at the end of all that creating because he was tired. Of course not. He's God! He created rest! Anna dies before she even reaches her eighth birthday and yet at the end of
the book I put it down with a sense of feeling full, of wonder and of gratitude for the life she lived and the impact she made. "Anna's life hadn't been cut short, far from it, it had been full, completely fulfilled" Anna’s influence continues today. Anyone reading this dips into her thought-processes, and then you can't help but fall under the wonder of her innocence, wisdom and amazing relationship with ‘Mister God’. Read it, and see what your eyes get opened to!
I read this book quite a while ago. It is engagingly written but it contains some very errant and very wishful thinking theology. The story centers around the relationship between a 4-7 year old girl (story takes place over 3 years) and a 16-19 year old boy who finds her on the street one night and brings her home to his mother. The girl lives with them over the next three years and the "action", in so far as it happens (and not much of it does) is basically just to give context for Fynn and Ann I read this book quite a while ago. It is engagingly written but it contains some very errant and very wishful thinking theology. The story centers around the relationship between a 4-7 year old girl (story takes place over 3 years) and a 16-19 year old boy who finds her on the street one night and brings her home to his mother. The girl lives with them over the next three years and the "action", in so far as it happens (and not much of it does) is basically just to give context for Fynn and Anna's conversations about life and the nature of God. Anna sees God as her mentor and personal teacher but the church and Scripture don't factor in. Anna teaches Fynn that God is in everyone and everyone is in God. As I mentioned, the book is fairly well written but the content is really just a hybrid form of pantheistic universalism. The narrative plays on your emotions all the way along until the tear-jerking finish, with Anna dying in a tragic accident (this is not a spoiler as the narrator makes you aware of this very near the beginning of the book). The book is often billed as a Christian book, but the true gospel is not presented in any way and much that runs directly contradictory to Scripture is, along with the emotional manipulation to sway you to believe it. I could not recommend this book. ...more
This is, by far, the most boring book I have read this year, and that's including the one book I DNFed. So much of rambling and
philosophy. I could barely stop myself yawning after every few paras. It was the sheer determination of not having another DNF so soon this year that made me complete this work. Young Fynn (who says he's 19 years old in the book but later editions place him at 16 due to a time inconsistency with the war; the first seed of doubt was planted in my mind at this point in th So much of rambling and philosophy. I could barely stop myself yawning after every few paras. It was the sheer determination of not having another DNF so soon this year that made me complete this work. Young Fynn (who says he's 19 years old in the book but later editions place him at 16 due to a time inconsistency with the war; the first seed of doubt was planted in my mind at this point in the book.) meets little Anna outside a shop. She seems to
have run away from her place after being abused by her parents and is determined not to return. So Fynn takes her to his home. The book details out Anna's precocious intellect, her curiosity about "Mister God", and her tragic end and its aftermath on Fynn. (Not a spoiler. Her untimely death is revealed on the very first page of the book.) The book starts off very well. The way Fynn and Anne meet, the way they chat for three hours eating hot dogs before Fynn takes her home to his mother,
those initial days at his house, the way he changed his work habits for her... All very captivating. Until that point, the writing seems easy-going, realistic and quick. Later though, the focus is entirely on the Anna's observations about her "Mister God" and the conversations she has with Fynn about her interpretation of the divine and Fynn's queries about the same. There's just a little info about her interactions with others in the family or friends circle. The relationship between
Fynn and Anne is very fluid. As he himself says, "I saw myself variously as father, brother, uncle, friend." I admired their immediate connection with each other and Fynn's clear devotion for the little girl. But instead of focusing on this beautiful, short-lived relationship, Fynn decides to focus mainly on Anne's thoughts about God, and the hundred thousand questions raised in his mind by her constant musings. This is what brings the book down. The conversations between the two get very
repetitive and dragged. I think I should have been much more of a religious idealist or much more of a philosopher to truly appreciate this book. Sadly, I am neither. My
copy had some illustrations too and they were more scary than cute. 😬 So, no saving grace at all. I just feel like I wasted my time on this. But I still think that this will be a good book for those who are into philosophy. I was just the wrong reader or maybe I picked it up at the wrong time in my life. Maybe when I am old and grey and searching for Mister God, I’ll give it another go. ***********************
The book recounts the friendship formed between the author and narrator Fynn (who is in his late teens or early 20s in the narrative) and a foundling named Anna in London's East End, in the 1930s. Anna, reminiscent of a character from Dickens, is a little girl who lives on the streets until she is taken in by the narrator. She has a unique perspective on life, a mystical spirituality, and a boundless
curiosity that she shares with the author and the reader on every page. She occasionally (at lea The book recounts the friendship formed between the author and narrator Fynn (who is in his late teens or early 20s in the narrative) and a foundling named Anna in London's East End, in the 1930s. Anna, reminiscent of a character from Dickens, is a little girl who lives on the streets until she is taken in by the narrator. She has a unique perspective on
life, a mystical spirituality, and a boundless curiosity that she shares with the author and the reader on every page. She occasionally (at least once per chapter) lets loose with a metaphor or pronouncement that is as deep as they come, but it is hard to imagine a real five-year old spouting these profundities with such regularity. Was she a real kid or just a figment of the author's imagination? I have no idea, but I do know that her death in the final chapter (this isn't a spoiler---Fynn
tells us about her death in the first few pages) felt real enough. I loved the characters of Fynn and Anna, yet I have mixed feelings about the book itself. It was given to me as a gift by a good friend, who in turn had it recommended to him. Both recommendations came with the suggestion that the book had substantially shifted their perspectives. Yet in reading the book, I could never shake my suspicion that the author was just using sentimental tricks to make the book seem profounder than it
really was. (It felt like the same kind of emotional manipulation that I associate with the movie Forrest Gump.) Put it this way: if the wise-sounding comments had come from an adult, rather than from a small homeless child, would they still have seemed as deep? Luckily, the book is an easy read and is readily available in almost every thrift store in the country, so you can read it for yourself and see what you think.
True story of a 4-year-old found on the streets of London in the 1930's by a 19-year
Too religious for my callous soul.
I am Anna.
More of a 4.5 - this book was very emotional and powerful and really makes you think! I loooved the relationship between fynn and Anna, it was just so lovely to see how this little girl affected him. It definitely makes you think and I recommend this to everyone, even if you're not religious. More of a 4.5 - this book was very emotional and powerful and really makes you think! I loooved the relationship between fynn and Anna, it was just so lovely to see how this little girl affected him. It definitely makes you think and I recommend this to everyone, even if you're not religious. ...more
I probably read this a dozen times when I was a child, and on until I started my own family. I wanted to be Fynn, and meet a child who would precociously open my eyes to the magic of the world.
A book I loved, loved, loved when I first read it in the late 1970's. It is one of those books that stays with you for decades. . The book allows us to meet Anna, a
precocious child of four years. She has run away from home and makes a life with Fynn and his mum. During her short life, Anna develops a refined way of looking at almost everything around her and manages to teach twenty year old Fynn a thing or two about life. From the moment Anna refused to tell anyone where her parents lived to the The book allows us to meet Anna, a precocious child of four years. She has run away from home and makes a life with Fynn and his mum. During her short life, Anna develops a refined way of looking at almost everything around her and manages to teach twenty year old Fynn a thing or two about life. From the moment Anna refused to tell anyone where her parents lived to the moment of her death, Anna manages to control her environment and those around her, although her control is
a loving, gentle control. Anna treats Fynn with her special philosophy of church, God, sex, and numbers. The reader is taken along for this wonderful ride. My Take: There are some who say this child could not have just come to live with this family, It did happen in the 1930's and having little children run the streets was not unheard of. There are some who may say no child could ever do or think what Anna did but I am here to tell you, I personally know of at least one. And don't forget Mozart wrote music at this same age and played his sister's violin without being taught at this same age or younger. I highly recommend this little
treasure!
As I read this book I kept having this image of Anna as not a little girl of five, but a tiny version of Socrates deeply emerged in a Platonic dialogue or Jesus enlightening both his ignorant enemies and followers in one of
his allegorical parables. Although the prose is relatively simple and somewhat coarse in some parts of the book and Anna's explanations are rough and terse even to the point of being abtruse, it just goes to show you that not all beauty is created by skilled and stylish techn Although the prose is relatively simple and somewhat coarse in some parts of the book and Anna's explanations are rough and terse even to the point of being abtruse, it just goes to show you that not all beauty is created by skilled and stylish techniques of trained artists and not all truth lies in fanciful and coherent arguments. Just as Jesus lied in the manger and Buddah among the ragged, sometimes
the most beautiful poetry and the deepest, truest philosophy is 'in the middle' of a field of wildflowers, a child's indecipherable scribble or the silent smile of the common prostitute. In fact, this book eventually goes to demonstrate that when you're 'full' inside, you don't need to fret about what's outside or peripheral, you can concentrate on what's 'in the middle' and being 'what I am' and Mister God. This book, of course, is not for everyone. I wouldn't recommend it to people who
don't want to be turned 'inside out' and keep being confined inside the box they built around themselves. I also don't think this is a book for people who think that math is just math and physics is just physics. It is for those who vaguely suspect that 2 and 2 might not always be four and are on a lifetime search for not only answers but also for questions that landed somewhere and answers that all questions are headed for. It is also for those who long for many others that sing in the same
chord yet are often confounded by the different names of the chord. It is for those who wish to be step across the borders of knowledge and senses, but be liberated with imagination, wit and compassion.
Mister God, This is Anna is a book a bout a man who finds a little girl wandering the streets, and he takes her home. This always tickles me, because: how insane!
Granted it does sort of explain itself out of that hole, and the book is set in the 1930s so it is forgivable, but still, it makes me giggle. Then again, if you pulled that kind of thing today, would anyone notice? I think it's probably less likely than we expect. Anyway, the book is ok, I suppose. I don't think you need to be a believ Anyway, the book is ok, I suppose. I don't think you need to be a believer in God to enjoy it, you simply need to be respectful of religion, I suppose. Anna is a precocious
little thing who spends her days puzzling the narrator, Fynn, with intense questions and poignant observations about the world around her. It does get a bit blahblahblah in the middle, but all-in-all it is quite a sweet story.
Out of the mouths of babes, indeed! The tale of a truly remarkable little girl and the impact of her short life. Were this a work of fiction I would have found
young Anna an unbelievable character. Beyond precocious, Anna is deep and preceptive. Her observations and revelations, particularly those involving her view on Mister God, blew me away. Many times I had trouble following her line of thought and had to work my own lil' noggin in order to grasp the meaning she was trying to convey.
This is one of two books that perfectly encapsulates my view of the world and life. Anna sees everything around her in terms of God, but not the frowning, disappointed God that so many small people use as a means of judging others. Anna's God is so big that he is practically beyond our perception of emotions, in the way that an ant cannot comprehend the vastness of the picnickers on the grass. Anna brings God down out of the subconsciously-assumed clouds of Heaven and places Him solidly in the r This is one of two books that perfectly encapsulates my view of the world and life. Anna sees everything around her in terms of God, but not the frowning, disappointed God that so many small people use as a means of judging others. Anna's God is so big that he is practically beyond our perception of emotions, in the way that an ant cannot comprehend the vastness of the picnickers on the grass. Anna brings God down out of the subconsciously-assumed clouds of Heaven and places Him solidly in the reality of prostitutes, balloons, and music, to name just a few vessels. Her God is truly omniscient because he is truly omnipresent, seeing His creation from every possible angle. All this insight from an eight year old girl from London's East Side. ...more
What an peculiar little book. The publisher writes in the front that the story is true and the author uses the name Fynn so people will read what he has to say and not judge the man. Whether it's true or not I guess doesn't matter. This little girl's pure view of everything was a joy to read. I just got bogged down by how obscure many of the stories were. I wanted them written plainly and easy to follow and comprehend. Shouldn't Mr. God be easy to understand when explained by a little girl? My l What an peculiar little book. The publisher writes in the front that the story is true and the author uses the name Fynn so people will read what he has to say and not judge the man. Whether it's true or not I guess doesn't matter. This little girl's pure view of everything was a joy to read. I just got bogged down by how obscure many of the stories were. I wanted them written plainly and easy to follow and comprehend. Shouldn't Mr. God be easy to understand when explained by a little girl? My library went to great lengths to get this book for me and for that I am grateful. I am very glad I got the opportunity to experience this book, fact or fiction the reader can only decide. ...more
This was a wonderful story that made me both laugh and think deeply. Many deep theological topics were touched upon in the life of Anna yet as she was merely a child they were explained with a simple understanding that made the book all the more delightful. The honesty of the writer to tell the narrative in a direct way by adding little details of thought and expression to make the reader fully understand made the story flow smoothly though there was much dialogue. I finished the book loving the This was a wonderful story that made me both laugh and think deeply. Many deep theological topics were touched upon in the life of Anna yet as she was merely a child they were explained with a simple understanding that made the book all the more delightful. The honesty of the writer to tell the narrative in a direct way by adding little details of thought and expression to make the reader fully understand made the story flow smoothly though there was much dialogue. I finished the book loving the child Anna and looking at myself to see if there were places in my life that needed to be uncaged from common thought patterns. ...more
Mr God, this is Anna, probably moved me more than any other book I have read to date. Fynn is a subtle and masterful storyteller with a simple, highly effective prose that settles softly yet indelibly on one's soul. I read this true story over two decades ago, but still I feel the raw emotions that were revealed back then. If you can still get hold of a copy, and would enjoy discovering a beautiful, heart-rending tale about an abandoned child in post-war London, then do it now, but prepare to sh Mr God, this is Anna, probably moved me more than any other book I have read to date. Fynn is a subtle and masterful storyteller with a simple, highly effective prose that settles softly yet indelibly on one's soul. I read this true story over two decades ago, but still I feel the raw emotions that were revealed back then. If you can still get hold of a copy, and would enjoy discovering a beautiful, heart-rending tale about an abandoned child in post-war London, then do it now, but prepare to shed more than mere tears. ...more
I read this book as a teenager and continue to re-read it as an adult. There are certain books that make such an impression on your life that you know that you are somehow changed. What surprised me most is that a book I picked up as an 'easy read' would fall in the same category for me as To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men and I Am the Cheese. Mister God is a book that seems to prove the quote
from Mother Theresa that a single stone thrown into the water will effect many with the ripples. There are certain books that make such an impression on your life that you know that you are somehow changed. What surprised me most is that a book I picked up as an 'easy read' would fall in the same category for me as To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men and I Am the
Cheese. Mister God is a book that seems to prove the quote from Mother Theresa that a single stone thrown into the water will effect many with the ripples.
I read this book shortly after it came out, when I was exploring my own teenage understanding of my relationship with the Divine. Anna's expanded understanding of G-d's "viewing places" - a multifaceted/multidimensional entity - has informed my deepest commitment to interfaith dialogue through out my adult life. I read this book shortly after it came out, when I was exploring my own teenage understanding of my relationship with the Divine. Anna's expanded understanding of G-d's "viewing places" - a multifaceted/multidimensional entity - has informed my deepest commitment to interfaith dialogue through out my adult life. ...more
Another "Dead Girl, isn't it sad, wah, wah, wah" book. I HATED Anna. Note that I read this when I was a teenager. I found it 100% B.S. No 4 or 5 year old talks like this genius brat, except for Charles Wallace in A Wrinkle In Time (and I hated him too). NO MORE DEAD KIDS! Another "Dead Girl, isn't it sad, wah, wah, wah" book. I HATED Anna. Note that I read this when I was a teenager. I found it 100% B.S. No 4 or 5 year old talks like this genius brat, except for Charles Wallace in A Wrinkle In Time (and I hated him too). NO MORE DEAD KIDS! ...more
We read this book as a family in the late 90s/early aughts.
I remember when the American paperback edition of this book came out in the 1970s and all of the adults in my parents' immediate circle jumped
on it. I must have been about 13 when I got my hands on it and read it and loved it. Unlike Fynn and Anna, I've never understood math, partly thanks to being forced into "the new math" at age 8 and missing three vital years of basic arithmetic, and then transferring to a school that had never taught the new math, realising kids my age needed the old one m I remember when the American paperback edition of this book came out in the 1970s and all of the
adults in my parents' immediate circle jumped on it. I must have been about 13 when I got my hands on it and read it and loved it. Unlike Fynn and Anna, I've never understood math, partly thanks to being forced into "the new math" at age 8 and missing three vital years of basic arithmetic, and then transferring to a school that had never taught the new math, realising kids my age needed the old one more. I never had a slide rule (and the people around me don't even know what it is these days) or
a piano or even an oscilliscope, but their adventures sure sounded like fun. I read it several times, stole my parents' copy when I went off to college and moved to Europe, and finally lost it at about age 30 when I lent it to someone who left the country without returning it. (Which is sorta OK, because we had traded books and I borrowed her copy of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. I would have returned it, but she left no adress, and this was in the days before the Internet, where I live now.) Fast forward to the 90s, and I came across a copy of Anna and the Black Knight and pounced on it.
Read it, but found it less about Mr God and more about math and physics. It also made me wonder; the main characters in Fynn's books all seem to have a habit of dying at the end. Just recently, due to a GR friend reading "Mr God", I ordered a copy of the Anna trilogy and re-read the first book. And the older, more cynical me wonders still: Was Anna a real person, or a device that Fynn used to float his ruminations on reality, mathematics, spirituality and so on? I know that in 1930s
London there were many street kids who basically floated through life--Fynn himself seems to have been one, after a fashion, as he was first a student and then a staff member of a "therapeutic community" according to Wikipedia and a website called "therealfynn.co.uk." I haven't read Anna's Book yet, which purports to be notes and jottings written by Anna
herself, so the jury's still out on that one. If Anna was real, and she had lived, she would probably have been a math or science whizkid, and as that plus an idealist plus a woman, at that time in that place probably would have been a misfit and quite unhappy.
Anna, age five and physically abused runs from home and is on the street. Finn accidentally
meets him on the streets and this is the story of their a few year old friendship. Anna is just so intelligent. She's beyond normal reckoning. The philosophy she develops about God, the insight she displays into theological stuff will surely stay with me. The book reminded me of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's Oscar and the Lady in Pink, which chronicles the the letters of a terminally ill boy of ten addressed to The book reminded me of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's Oscar and the Lady in Pink, which chronicles the the letters of a terminally ill boy of ten addressed to God. Anna and Oscar may not
necessarily resemble each other but they way they walk about God is so humorous and sometimes moving. “Do you believe in God?” For Anna, God is a being who
goes beyond any religion or rules. At four years old, Anna knows that being aware of the existence of God and following him is not about complying with some strict rules or attending church sessions. Anna puts it in a wonderfully simple way that loving one another is supposed to be more important than anything else for anyone. For Anna, if you did not really get this message, then church-going is "just for swank." P.S I got this book on betterworldbooks.com It's written Henderson Library Lon Morris College on it. The name of the previous owner is crossed out. I wish they could just leave that name there:(
Wonderful book about a beautiful friendship between a teenager and a little girl who found each other in their search for the questions to important answers. Recommendation for everyone who is not afraid to have his core ideas on God, humanity, love and life shaken quite a bit and then transformed into honest, frolicky and tender child-logic. (which often proves to be rationally better logic than that of us
heavily conditioned grownups). One simply cannot escape the beautiful usage of words and Wonderful book about a beautiful friendship between a teenager and a little girl who found each other in their search for the questions to important answers. Recommendation for everyone who is not afraid to have his core ideas on God, humanity, love and life shaken quite a bit and then transformed into honest, frolicky and tender child-logic. (which often
proves to be rationally better logic than that of us heavily conditioned grownups). One simply cannot escape the beautiful usage of words and the endearing description of Anna, the wise and sensitive little girl you will fall in love with without a doubt. Some quotes: 'You see, Fynn, people can only love outside and can only kiss outside, but Mister God can love you right inside and mister God can kiss you right inside, so it's different. Mister God ain't like us; we are a little bit
like Mister God, but not much yet.' *** 'Fynn, that's the difference. You see, everybody has got a point of view, but mister God hasn't. Mister God has only points TO view.' *** People can't talk about Mister God from the outside; you can only talk about Mister God from the inside of Him. *** 'Fynn, you know that book about
four dimensions?' *** Later that afternoon, while we were sitting on the grass eating chocolate, she said, 'Them words.'
May be many people liked this book but for me it was a bit boring. In this book narrator tried to show the thinking capacity of a kid. Yes, it is possible a kid may learn things faster or can think what other
learned people can't, because once we set up our mind as per society norms then it is difficult to accept anything new. For example: Anna denied the fact light travels at the highest speed in the entire universe. She brought her own theory of shadows are faster than light.
Толкова просто поднесени мъдрости, че умът не го побира. 'Tich,' I said, 'what were you asking God about real questions for?' 'Tich,' I said, 'what were you asking God about real
questions for?'
It doesn’t really matter what color you are, what creed you subscribe to; Mister God shows no preference in his function. This quote is one of many in this thought-provoking book that
deserves to be pondered, highlighted, discussed, or jotted down in notebooks designated for favorite quotes from favorite books. I chose this quote rather specifically for my review because it is a quote that succinctly sums up the reason why I like this book. Ultimately, this book is about faith, and this quote (mo This
quote is one of many in this thought-provoking book that deserves to be pondered, highlighted, discussed, or jotted down in notebooks designated for favorite quotes from favorite books. I chose this quote rather specifically for my review because it is a quote that succinctly sums up the reason why I like this book. Ultimately, this book is about faith, and this quote (more so than the 20 to 30 others I could have chosen) best sums up my own definition of faith. So. . .there you have it.
I liked this book because I have never before ever seen such a close approximation to my own personal definition of faith in print. Three stars allotted because the book itself is somewhat of a throw away to me; I read it and moved on to something else. But if I didn’t already believe in the sentiments posited forth by this work, then it would have gotten a full five stars. Fynn is the pen name of Sydney "Sid" George Hopkins, born in Poplar, London 26th March 1919 - died in Somerset 3rd July 1999. Sid was a student and later staff member at
Finchden Manor, now a defunct reform school,in Tenterden Kent, as described in the book Mr Lyward's Answer. Sid Hopkins spent the last years of his life living in Taunton, Somerset, England. ALAN MITCHELL profile, Church House Pu Sid was a student and later staff member at Finchden Manor, now a defunct reform school,in Tenterden Kent, as described in the book Mr Lyward's Answer. Sid Hopkins spent the last years of his life living in Taunton, Somerset, England. ALAN MITCHELL profile,
Church House Publishing THE LIFE OF ROBERT - A VERY NAUGHTY BOY Or The Story of The Enid Mr. Lyward's Webpage http://www.finchden.com/fynn/ Mr. Lyward's Answer by Michael Burn Reference.com http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/... wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_G... News & InterviewsGalaxy Stern is going to hell and back to save her friend. And Leigh Bardugo wants you to go with her. The second book of an intended... “in the dark you have to describe yourself. In the daylight other people describe you.” — 76 likes “The sun is nice but it lights things up so much that you can't see very far... The night time is better. It stretches your soul to the stars.” — 36 likes More quotes…Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. |
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