Jordan Crompton từ Camplengo, Cantabria, Spain

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04/28/2024

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Jordan Crompton Sách lại (10)

2018-05-26 21:30

Thần Thuyết Của Người Chim Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Văn Lê

** spoiler alert ** A very intriguing novel that opened my eyes to a continent I am otherwise unfamiliar with: Africa. Set in an unnamed African country that just gained independence (I read a review that speculated it was the Belgian Congo transitioning into Zaire), the book is narrated by Salim. Salim has a unique perspective because he is an ethnically Indian Muslim living in Africa. He socializes mostly with other ex-Pats from various places from around the world and is a shopkeeper in a small, growing city in the country's remote interior. The challenge is to live a meaningful and profitable existence in the midst of a country in turmoil. Some other problems faced by Salim are the ebbs and flows of nationalistic fervor, where periodically he and other foreigners are marked as easy targets for the native people to exploit. I think Selim's thoughtfulness and efforts to find meaning in his life are provocative to say the least. I am still a little stunned about the last few chapters, where his relationship with Yvette crumbles and he goes to London. I understand why his relationship was doomed, but the way he ends it left me much less sympathetic towards his character and less inclined to side with him on most other issues as a result. And, after staying in London for only six months, he gives up on it and returns to his home in Africa where everything has changed for the worse and he must flee for his life in a matter of days anyway.. Very peculiar ending to what would have been, in my opinion, a much better book.

Người đọc Jordan Crompton từ Camplengo, Cantabria, Spain

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.