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Lara went to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in the footsteps of his brother disappeared twenty years earlier. There she meets Marcus, an English doctor payable administrative expenses in his house once full of life, perfume and books. Since the Taliban came to sow death, he despairs to see his little son. Lara and Marcus find themselves facing ghosts whose fates were strangely intertwined.
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I confess I do not get out of this packed reading, but I also think I expected too much of this reading, reading here or there critics praise rather, already placing the book at a certain level. Let us add to this that it is a book noticed it came out in 2009 and awarded a Prix Medicis. So I admit being a little disappointed, but it is perhaps of myself because this book carries with it a certain richness. But developing ...
's pen Nadeem Aslam is quite beautiful, rather contemplative in some ways even better reflecting the expectation that life in Marcus, the English physician of our history, the owner of this strange place where books are nailed to ceiling, where almost anything will happen, was his old scholar who has lost to during the various conflicts his wife, daughter and who seeks in vain his little son missing. Of course other characters are living in this novel that has something choir. In his research with an old friend, David Former CIA agent, who lost the love of his life in one of those wars. But he discovers a new start for Lara, the Russian state and is looking for his brother disappeared during the conflict between Russia and Afghanistan. Add the table Casa, a young Islamic fundamentalist, and is more or less all the protagonists of the novel. In sum
"The vain expectation" crystallizes contemporary history of Afghanistan. It feels well enough to undergo what is live and which country is at war for decades. First run over by a war with the Soviets, now eroded by a war against the U.S. and again in the 19th century by the English. In short, Afghanistan is a troubled country and too often overwhelmed by past and present rulers of this world. It feels well enough accumulated hatred, but we also feel all the contradictions of the people. Nadeem Aslam is itself Pakistanis, even if he leaves the country in its 14 years, we feel that he has lived in the Pakistani-Afghan culture, then by not hesitating to denounce these through without falling to in both the pathos and denunciation idiot. Nevertheless, each party takes to his rank, he is American, Russian, Afghan, English, Islamic fundamentalist or not. Every nation has committed mistakes in committing again to recognize or accept those of the past. Nadeem Aslam mixture, the pace of the tale, Asian contemplation to a life torn by war and lost love, the unspoken and lies. A rather intimate and lucid narrative that will touch many.
Unfortunately for me it did not really take. Or not enough, winning by now, forcing me to read more. I found that Nadeem Aslam had an annoying tendency to digress, beginning to talk about something and making a difference in a few paragraphs to relate some historical facts may be more or less related. This does not always make the book easy to read in my opinion and can give your little one learned at all. Of course, this only affects my sensitivity to the book, and I think the novel will appeal nonetheless quite a few people, especially since it has the great merit of wearing a look I think lucid enough of what happens in these parts there and what people saw and suffered in the past upset. A book that application may be time to ask them for a moment and take time to savor slowly. A look interesting and quite rich, but a book that will not fly with me.
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Thank editions Points for sending me this book as part of a partnership with Livraddict . I also invite you to visit Points editions. 's pen Nadeem Aslam is quite beautiful, rather contemplative in some ways even better reflecting the expectation that life in Marcus, the English physician of our history, the owner of this strange place where books are nailed to ceiling, where almost anything will happen, was his old scholar who has lost to during the various conflicts his wife, daughter and who seeks in vain his little son missing. Of course other characters are living in this novel that has something choir. In his research with an old friend, David Former CIA agent, who lost the love of his life in one of those wars. But he discovers a new start for Lara, the Russian state and is looking for his brother disappeared during the conflict between Russia and Afghanistan. Add the table Casa, a young Islamic fundamentalist, and is more or less all the protagonists of the novel. In sum
"The vain expectation" crystallizes contemporary history of Afghanistan. It feels well enough to undergo what is live and which country is at war for decades. First run over by a war with the Soviets, now eroded by a war against the U.S. and again in the 19th century by the English. In short, Afghanistan is a troubled country and too often overwhelmed by past and present rulers of this world. It feels well enough accumulated hatred, but we also feel all the contradictions of the people. Nadeem Aslam is itself Pakistanis, even if he leaves the country in its 14 years, we feel that he has lived in the Pakistani-Afghan culture, then by not hesitating to denounce these through without falling to in both the pathos and denunciation idiot. Nevertheless, each party takes to his rank, he is American, Russian, Afghan, English, Islamic fundamentalist or not. Every nation has committed mistakes in committing again to recognize or accept those of the past. Nadeem Aslam mixture, the pace of the tale, Asian contemplation to a life torn by war and lost love, the unspoken and lies. A rather intimate and lucid narrative that will touch many.
Unfortunately for me it did not really take. Or not enough, winning by now, forcing me to read more. I found that Nadeem Aslam had an annoying tendency to digress, beginning to talk about something and making a difference in a few paragraphs to relate some historical facts may be more or less related. This does not always make the book easy to read in my opinion and can give your little one learned at all. Of course, this only affects my sensitivity to the book, and I think the novel will appeal nonetheless quite a few people, especially since it has the great merit of wearing a look I think lucid enough of what happens in these parts there and what people saw and suffered in the past upset. A book that application may be time to ask them for a moment and take time to savor slowly. A look interesting and quite rich, but a book that will not fly with me.
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- Paperback: 475 pages
- Publisher: Points (26 August 2010)
- Collection: Points
- Translation from English by Claude Demanuele
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