"The Five People You Meet in Heaven", anybody?

[souwa]

It's a story about this guy's (Eddie's) death, his journey to Heaven, and what is Heaven for him (or the writer). This kinda reminded me of something that John Dickie (anyone??) wrote... that Heaven should not be thought of as somewhere distant. It's more than just a place. It's the feeling, the spiritual state in which you are close to God... closer than the body is to the soul (paraphrasing).

The book's message is not exactly that, to say the truth, but my brain makes random links every once in a while hehe...

Anyways... going back to "The Five People...", I think it was pretty interesting how Eddie found Heaven, spiritually and physically. I liked it, and this type of story-telling style is very similiar to that of The Colour of Water.

[The Candyman]

I haven't read it...would you recommend it?

My brother said he saw a movie of this back in El Salvador. Weird. I've never heard of the book or the movie.

[souwa]

Why "weird" .... are you implying that the fact of you not knowing about a movie is weird? HAHA.... ay si.... jajaja... me das risa

Pajas, just kidding. Hmmm... would I recommend it? I don't know if it's your type of book... hm, ok, if you liked The Colour Of Water, then you will like this one.

[edu]

Why is it called "The Five People You Meet in Heaven"?

[tman1091]

well sounds weird to me but hec ill wtch it if i see it

[souwa]

Why the title "The Five People You Meet in Heaven"? Well, it's about Eddie going to Heaven.... and in his way, he meets 5 people, who basically give him different lessons about his own life. You see, for the writer, Heaven is -apart from being an actual place- the idea of being at peace, and for that.... (according to him), the person needs to understand his/her life. Thats why Eddie meets the 5 people... they explain him different stuff about his life on Earth.