false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171250213m/92683.jpg 92683 1 <div>Set in the early 1970s, <i>A Separate Reality</i> is the story of Mark Grosfeld, a twelve-year-old growing up in Phoenix with politically active liberal Jewish parents. Mark, who is lonely and unhappy, meets Anna Voigt, a teacher who becomes his mentor. Anna, an ex-hippie poet, encourages Mark to write, and he becomes part of a circle of teenagers who meet at Anna&#8217;s house to smoke pot and read poetry. She introduces him to the Beats, Zen Buddhism and the popular pseudo-anthropologist, Carlos Castaneda, author of <i>Journey to Ixtlan. </i> Mark goes on a semi-comic suburban vision quest, trying to conduct his life according to the teachings he uncovers in the books he finds through Anna &#8212; most significantly, Castaneda&#8217;s. Mark soon discovers all these books share the belief that through a loss of &#8220;self&#8221; one can, somehow, transcend reality.<br><br><i>A Separate Reality</i> is a novel about the risks and appeal of the desire to be perfect; a portrait of the artist as a young man in the Seventies.<br></div> 89379 9 10 2006 A Separate Reality: A Novel total:3|5:2|4:0|3:1|2:0|1:0| 3 13 6 0 92683 0786717157 9780786717156 3 0 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171250213m/92683.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92683.A_Separate_Reality_A_Novel 3 0 false Fri Nov 27 21:38:39 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 21:38:39 -0800 2009 92683 0786717157 9780786717156 3 0 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171250213m/92683.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92683.A_Separate_Reality_A_Novel 0 0 false Fri Oct 24 16:23:46 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 24 12:24:09 -0700 2009 92683 0786717157 9780786717156 3 0 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171250213m/92683.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92683.A_Separate_Reality_A_Novel 0 0 false Fri Apr 04 10:50:20 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 10:50:20 -0700 2008 92683 0786717157 9780786717156 3 0 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171250213m/92683.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92683.A_Separate_Reality_A_Novel 0 0 false Thu Aug 16 21:17:42 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 21:17:42 -0700 2007 92683 0786717157 9780786717156 3 0 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171250213m/92683.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92683.A_Separate_Reality_A_Novel 5 0 false Sun Aug 05 20:13:08 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 20:13:08 -0700 2007 92683 0786717157 9780786717156 3 0 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171250213m/92683.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92683.A_Separate_Reality_A_Novel 5 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jun 30 08:20:48 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 30 08:21:16 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=92683