let the dead, die. i want to live!

i mean, i've only read one of his books, but given that it stands out as one of my favorites of all time and THAT because of how he could turn something so dry (history) into something so intense with his epic tone and sharp insight, i can't believe it's taken me so long to buy his book, Bench Press, about his personal experiences and insights into the world of body building. i'm very excited to read this book, if just to see if he can pull me in under his cloak again, to his world of simple, bared truths and haunting wisdom. of course, i do expect this to be a much different world than that of the horrors of colonialization in africa - the subject of his exterminate all the brutes. as a historian he delves into the origins of weight lifting and the evolving perceptions of the sport/lifestyle. from the back cover i read that his personal journey into this realm began with his encounter with a man particularly passionate about body building. and, as is natural when meeting someone that is particularly passionate about something, sven lindqvist's presuppositions about weightlifting were uprooted, from being that it was a selfish, arrogant sport to, who knows? that's why i'll read the book. but lindqvist mentions on the cover that as his strength began to mount, he began to dream intensely and regained old, buried memories. what else happened to him. how's he going to present this. i can't wait to hear his insights and compare them to mine, and as much, i can't wait to again be led through a book by his tone. i worry that it won't match the one on colonialization. i worry mostly because he was so good in exterminate all the butes because he didn't embellish anything at all. he simply recorded the facts and the publications. i've never read anything that would make me want to say that the book 'bared the truth' more than this book. damnit, i hate writing sometimes. blah. but so, colonialization was engrossing in and of itself, and he let it be. the history of weight-lifting? will it prove to have been interesting, or this time will he interject himself some more. i'm waiting.

subjects are never as interesting as people. it's great when two interesting ones run together. it's exciting.