Review by Rebaone Motsalane
The power of thoughts cannot be over emphasized; it could make you or
break you and indeed we are what we think about.
Though not a familiar experience, many have told such stories where
deliberately or by chance are transported to another level and come
back to their normal senses to tell a story.
But I don’t know anyone in my sphere who has gone through such a
process, so you can imagine my shock to realize that one of the
writers has gone through that and penned this book on his experiences,
Reverie. The initial shock was abated when I realized that his
reverie was on what could be termed his first love, literature.
In this book Omoseye takes us through his mental or spiritual journey
with some of the best writers in the world and South Africa and tells
a story not many could understand as told but prompts us to seek
divine intervention to understand it. He called this spiritual journey
a poem; personally I have no name for it as it was too deep and personal
to understand.
I believe that this is one book where Omoseye cannot hide behind
fictional characters but exposed his fragile nature and vulnerability
to the love of literature.
My pastor says that there is no way he cannot preach the gospel as it
is shut up in his bones, the same goes for Omoseye - the love of books
is shut in his bones that he even when given a chance he is spiritually
uplifted and mixed with the gurus and had that deep personal
conversation which he later translates in this book.
The writer here is left with two choices, to believe or not to believe
and make up his mind about the book, is it too personal to be
published or just shows highest level that Omoseye is operating and
finally claiming his mark as one of the best writers? He really
reminded me of Thomas Hardy; great writers but creepy (in a good way)!
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