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Ladataan... Ghost SeasonTekijä: Fatin Abbas
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. I loved this book for many reasons: The Sudan setting which provided much researching, learning, and discussion with my husband; the believable fully-realized characters, all 5 of the main ones; the summary provided by the cartographer in the story to his administrators which just happens to summarize what I wanted to know and understand; the story engrossing and sad providing a vehicle for us to understand a way of life so different from ours. Amazing writing that drew me in. I want to reread this one. ( ) There are five main characters living in a small border town during the Civil War in Sudan. Alex is an American with an NGO, Dena is a Sudanese/American who is filming, William is a native Sudanese who has been educated in the Catholic schools and works as an interpreter for the NGO, Layla is a Muslim Sudanese working in the kitchen at the compound, and Mustafa is a young boy surviving on the streets. These characters form deep bounds as the war erupts around them. Some of the scenes are horrifying but always this characters and setting seem very real. There is a hint of a happy ending, but I'm not sure there are happy endings in this part of Africa. Would definitely read more by this author. Liked the short chapters and the descriptions. näyttää 3/3 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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"A mysterious burnt corpse appears one morning in Saraaya, a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan. For five strangers on an NGO compound, the discovery foreshadows trouble to come. South Sudanese translator William connects the corpse to the sudden disappearance of cook Layla, a northern nomad with whom he's fallen in love. Meanwhile, Sudanese American filmmaker Dena struggles to connect to her unfamiliar homeland, and white midwestern aid worker Alex finds his plans thwarted by a changing climate and looming civil war. Dancing between the adults is Mustafa, a clever, endearing twelve-year-old, whose schemes to rise out of poverty set off cataclysmic events on the compound. Amid the paradoxes of identity, art, humanitarian aid, and a territory riven by conflict, William, Layla, Dena, Alex, and Mustafa must forge bonds stronger than blood or identity. Weaving a sweeping history of the breakup of Sudan into the lives of these captivating characters, Fatin Abbas explores the porous and perilous nature of borders-whether they be national, ethnic, or religious-and the profound consequences for those who cross them. Ghost Season is a gripping, vivid debut that announces Abbas as a powerful new voice in fiction"-- Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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