The Woman who Dived Into the Heart of the World

Ever since Gary Lightbody posted a pic of this book and described it as ' Wondrous. Prose so succulent it rises at you like golden-ripe mouthfuls of tropical fruit', ive been searching high and low for this book and finally almost a year later, i've finally read this and this book is like no other book i have ever read before. Written from the perspective of Karen, an autistic it delves into a strange and almost childlike narrative. Her honesty and way of viewing the world is almost seen as irrelevant or naive or bluntly put dumb, but yet she backs her thoughts with reasons, most of which pertaining to the welfare of tuna instead of self-interest and her uncanny ability to relate to how animals would behave is fascinating. I admire her detachedness from humans, how she has a 'Relating Mode' and a 'Non- Relating Mode' and personally I find it more of an advantage than a setback. Its her ability, to seamlessly float on land or in the sea, float out of consciousness and detect the little cracks in human relationships, the way they handle things. The process of slaughtering tuna in the most stress-free, eco-friendly manner is also interesting.

'The trick, reality thought again through Me, seems to be not to kill. Not to kill reality nor to let reality kill Me.'