I'm ashamed to own that I've read this. All I can say is: I did it for a good cause. That is, to promote reading in general (for a library talk).

Mawkishly sentimental (here I am, trying to wipe off the stale stench of yesterday's coffee mornings) and terribly trite.

Any person leaning to the left should, or would, recognise what Mitch is talking about. It isn't that Morrie is talking shit. He isn't. However, I think it's terribly ironic that such a venture (it screams "self-help" and "it will touch you!") has been undertaken by Mitch. I bet ol' Morrie is really angry now. It's like encouraging capitalism by using Marx.... The stuff in there, about wanting money etc, it's all in Marx....

Here's my tip: ditch the book and either meet Morrie (impossible) or read Marx or any other Marxist (recommended). Even Morrie's essays presumably, if available, would probably be a good read. It's Mitch that's the problem, the money-grubbing critter that he is.

PS as an aside it's sad to note how things that start off really radical get co-opted in the most tragi-comic ways possible...

Morrie Schwartz quickly entered my heart and now I'm left bawling as though his loss is one I personally know of. What a wise, beautiful, loving soul. I feel so honoured to have read a small part of his story.

Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom

First Publication date: 1997.

The story was later recreated by Thomas Rickman into a TV movie of the same name, directed by Mick Jackson, which aired on December 5, 1999 and starred Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria.

Tuesday's With Morrie examines the interactions and phenomena between the human experience of living and dying.

A theme of personal transcendence appears for both characters: Morrie and Albom.

عنوانهای چاپ شده در ا��ران: «سه شنبه‌ ها با موری»؛ «سه شنبه‌ ها با موری»، «سه شنبه های به یاد ماندنی»؛ «سه شنبه‌ ها با موری، مرد پیر، مرد جوان و بزرگترین درس زندگی»؛ «سه شنبه‌ ها با موری، عاشقانه زیستن تا لحظه ی مرگ»؛ نویس��ده: میج آلبوم؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش روز دوازدهم ماه جولای سال 2008میلادی

عنوان یک: سه شنبه‌ ها با موری؛ نویسنده: میج آلبوم؛ مترجم مهدی قراچه داغی؛ ویراستار: شهلا ارژنگ؛ تهران، البرز، 1379، در 176ص، شابک9644222554؛ موضوع سرگذشتنامه، روابط استاد با شاگرد، دانشگاه براندیس، از نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده 20م

عنوان دو: سه شنبه‌ ها با موری، سه شنبه های به یاد ماندنی؛ نویسنده: میج آلبوم؛ مترجم محمود دانایی؛ تهران، جیحون، 1379، در 191ص؛ شابک9646534228؛

عنوان سه: سه شنبه‌ ها با موری، مرد پیر، مرد جوان و بزرگترین درس زندگی؛ نویسنده میج آلبوم؛ مترجم طاهره صدیقیان؛ تهران، نقطه، 1380، در176ص، شابک 9645548810؛

عنوان چهار: سه شنبه‌ ها با موری، عاشقانه زیستن تا لحظه ی مرگ؛ نویسنده میج آلبوم؛ مترجم لیلی نوربخش؛ تهران، آیه مهر، 1382، در 207ص، شابک 9649375848؛

عنوان پنج: سه شنبه‌ ها با موری، مرد پیر، مرد جوان و بزرگترین درس زندگی؛ نویسنده میج آلبوم؛ مترجم ماندانا قهرمانلو؛ تهران، قطره، 1383، در262ص

عنوان شش: سه شنبه‌ها با موری، مرد پیر، مرد جوان و بزرگترین درس زندگی؛ نویسنده میج آلبوم؛ مترجم بهروز زارع؛ تهران، دانشگران محمود، سال1387، در 173ص، شابک 9789647992305؛

عنوان هفت: سه شنبه‌ها با موری، عاشقانه زیستن تا لحظه ی مرگ؛ نویسنده میج آلبوم؛ مترجم لیلی نوربخش؛ تهران، تالیا، 1389، در 207ص، شابک9786009036073؛

عنوان هشت: سه شنبه‌ها با موری؛ نویسنده میج آلبوم؛ مترجم ندا برزویی؛ تهران، نشرگستر، 1389، در 132ص، شابک 9789645544957؛

عنوان نهم: سه شنبه‌ها با موری؛ نویسنده: میج آلبوم؛ مترجم محمود دانایی؛ قم، صبح صادق، 1392، در 191ص؛ شابک 9789648403992؛

عنوان دهم: سه شنبه‌ها با موری؛ نویسنده: میج آلبوم؛ مترجم علیرضا نوری؛ تهران، آوای مکتوب، 1393، در 160ص؛ شابک 9786009402069؛

یک استاد پیر دانشگاه پروفسور «موری شوارتس»، در انتظار پیک مرگ، از شاگرد پیشین خویش (نویسنده ی کتاب) میخواهند سه شنبه ها به دیدار استاد خویش برود، و گفتگوی دو نفره را یادداشت کند، داستان کتاب واقعی است؛ قهرمان اصلی داستان «موری» بیمار است، بیماری او بتدریج اعضای بدنش را از کار میاندازد، و باعث مرگ سلولی بافت‌ها، و ماهیچه‌ های بدن می‌گردد، «موری» مرگ را پذیرفته؛ او خواهد مرد، اما در واپسین روزهای زندگی می‌خواهد به کمال برسد

جملات برگزیده نقل از متن: درسته، من مربی تو میشم و تو میتونی بازیکن من باشی؛ تو میتونی تمام قسمتهای دلپذیر زندگی رو که من واسه انجام دادنش پیر هستم رو بازی کنی
وقتی مردن را می‌آموزی، زندگی کردن را یاد می‌گیری
تنها راه معنی دادن به زندگی این است که خودت را وقف دوست داشتن دیگران بکنی
مرگ زندگی را به پایان میرساند نه یک رابطه را
تو موج نیستی بلکه قسمتی از دریا هستی
اگر می‌خواهی برای آدم‌های طبقه بالا پز بدهی زحمت نکش؛ آن‌ها همیشه به نظر حقارت نگاهت می‌کنند؛ اگر هم می‌خواهی برای زیر دست‌هایت پز بدهی باز هم زحمت نکش چون فقط حسودیشان را تحریک می‌کنی؛ این نوع شخصیت کاذب تو را به جایی نمی‌رساند؛ فقط قلب باز است که به تو اجازه می‌دهد در چشم همه یکجور باشی
بعضی وقتها آدم نمی‌تواند به چشمهایش نیز اعتماد کند؛ باید به احساساتش اعتماد داشته باشد؛ اگر می‌خواهی دیگران به تو اعتماد داشته باشند باید تو هم به آنها اعتماد داشته باشی؛ حتی در تاریکی مطلق؛ حتی وقتی داری می‌افتی
بسیاری از چیزها کشف شده‌ اند بجز چگونه زیستن
پایان نقل

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 24/05/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 07/05/1400هجری هورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Tuesday With Morrie by Mitch Albom
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I just finished listening to the audiobook of “Tuesday With Morrie”. The first thing I’m going to say is everyone should read this incredible book. The insight and knowledge that Morrie shares is beyond words. Morrie has made me look at myself and helped me to realize how much more fulfilling I can make my life now and in the future. I wish I had read this amazing insightful book years ago and reread it every free years.

The courage of a dying man

For the sole purpose of making this review worth something as a stand-alone essay, I'll assume that you, the reader, like me, are one of the few people who didn't know what TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE was all about.

Twenty years before the actual events of the book, Mitch Albom had the privilege of struggling through a university sociology course under the tutelage of a special and very talented teacher, Morrie Schwartz. Despite progressing well beyond a mere student/professor relationship into a deep friendship, despite bestowing on Morrie the endearment "Coach", and despite his promise to stay in close contact after graduation, Morrie, like so many other self-centered graduates, went his own way in the world. He lost track of someone who had been very special to him and it was only a television news interview that let him know his past friend was now dying of ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease.

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE depicts the 14 Tuesday afternoon visits that Albom made to his dying mentor and relates the substance of the conversations that they had about the vicissitudes of life and death before Morrie's death at the unrelenting hands of the implacable neurological disease that stole his mobility and even his very ability to breathe.

I wanted to like TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE ... I really did! But, while I was moved and often deeply touched as I read it, I also knew that there was something nagging at me that left me unsatisfied with the book! It took me quite a while before I figured out what it was.

Insofar as Morrie's ability to deal with his own ill health and his inevitable death was concerned, I was profoundly moved and singularly impressed. His ability to look at the silver lining of every cloud, to constantly perceive every glass as half full instead of half empty, to always find a reason to celebrate the entirety of his life as opposed to decrying the pain and the miserably small amount of time left to him was truly inspiring.

But I found Albom's ability to pass along the nuggets of wisdom in a fashion that would allow a reader to apply them to their own life looking forward (a life, that is, not looking down the barrel of a shotgun of death sawed-off virtually to the shoulder) was distinctly lacking. Platitudes and aphorisms were plentiful but I found them maudlin and distinctly lacking in meaning or method that could be applied. "Be at peace with yourself" ... well, yes, of course, but HOW does one do that? He would tell us that "love" is the answer! Well, for goodness sake, the Beatles told me that over 40 years ago! Well, you get the idea!

So, how do we find this particular glass half full? Let's say I thoroughly enjoyed the story of Morrie's pluck and courage in the face of his own slow death but found little to constructively apply to my own life.

Paul Weiss

The novel Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is a must read. This book is amazing from start to finish. I loved how he used foreshadowing to make the reader knew what he meant. This book had many themes for all the thematic statements (Loss, Physical Affection, Greed, compassion, and Modesty). For example, you get stronger from every loss. Mitch lost his friend Morrie and he went on to write a book about him.

The quality of this story was outstanding. At parts it was very emotionable. For example, on pg. 189, it states, “Morrie stopped breathing. And he was gone.” This was a huge part in the book because Morrie, Mitch’s teacher, mentor, and coach had just died.

Overall, I loved this book. I would recommend this to any one who is going through loss.

تو یه سری از ریویو ها و کامنت ها میخوندم که دوستانی بودن که عقیده داشتن هرکی از این کتاب خوشش بیاد زرد پسند و عامه پسنده..و ستاره دادن به این کتاب برابره با تز روشن فکری برداشتن

رفع یبوست. با درد، ولی بدون خونریزی!

تجربه جالبی بود. اینکه انسانی بتونه وضعیت خودش رو بپذیره و مهمتر از اون تلاش کنه از لحظه لحظه زندگی اش بهره ببره.

برای من این عقیده موری در مورد کمک و همدردی و …. با دیگران سخت معتقدم و احساسش در این مورد برای من کاملا ملموس و قابل درک بود.

کتابی بود که ارزش خوندن داره ، همین طور ارزش توصیه کردن به دیگران

After reading this I think I'm looking at life and everything in it in a different perspective. A much much better perspective. Thank you Morrie for showing me what really life and death means.

Death ends a life, not a relationship.



“I know I cannot do this. None of us can undo what we've done, or relive a life already recorded. But if Professor Morris Schwartz taught me anything at all, it was this: there is no such thing as "too late" in life. He was changing until the day he said good-bye.”

Tuesdays with Morrie is about death, but what we learn about is much more than the loss of dying but it is about love and friendship. Mitch Albom met with his dying mentor once a week and rediscovered in his last months a person he had lost contact with. This is a tale of life, even if we have to die.

For those dealing with any kind of loss, I recommend Tuesdays with Morrie, a story of someone that was able to deal relatively well with the devastation of ALS. When I read it, I had just lost my father from this terrible disease, and reading it was beautiful, comforting, and touching.

“The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”

“Be compassionate," Morrie whispered. And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place."
He took a breath, then added his mantra: "Love each other or die.”

If you are not reading the whole review just read the following para taken from the book. Trust me, it's worth a read!

"If ageing were so valuable, why do people always say, ‘Oh, if I were young again.’
You never hear people say, ‘Oh, I wish I were sixty-five.’He smiled.

‘You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven’t found meaning. Because if you’ve found meaning in your life, you don’t want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can’t wait until you’re sixty-five.'

‘How can I be envious of where you are – when I’ve been there myself?’"

The thing I found most beautiful about this book is the pure, warm relationship that is depicted between a teacher and a student. I call it pure because it is what a teacher-student relationship is supposed to be like, so comfortable that it becomes a friendship. One of the most important aspects of learning is listening, which also forms the basis of friendship.

My understanding of the book is divided into 3 lessons.

1. How to deal with self-pity?
2. Create our own culture
3. Love Wins, Love always wins

This book absolutely broke me, in the best way possible. I started it unsure, questioning whether its simplicity could really have much impact on me, but ended it with so much love and tears for what is such a brave and beautiful story. It is one of the greatest books of all time, I’m sure of it.I have become a fan of Mitch Albom's books ever since.

Can't recommend it enough.

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