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Chargement... The Blue Between Sky and Water (2015)par Susan Abulhawa
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Beit Daras, Palestina, anni '40. Nazmiyeh, Mamduh e Mariam sono tre fratelli senza padre, la cui mamma, Umm Mamduh, è chiamata “la pazza” e derisa da tutti. Almeno fino al giorno in cui si scopre che il potente e benevolo ginn Sulayman si è impossessato di lei. Da quel giorno tutto sembra cambiare per il meglio. Mamduh trova lavoro presso un apicoltore, Nazmiyeh si sposa con Atiyeh, di cui è follemente innamorata, e Mariam, la piccola Mariam – che ha un occhio marrone e uno verde, che riesce a vedere i colori delle persone in base al loro umore e che passa le giornate al fiume a parlare con il suo amico immaginario Khaled – riceve la sua “scatola dei sogni”, un cofanetto pieno di colori. Poi un giorno arrivano gli israeliani, e cominciano a buttare bombe, a uccidere, a violentare. Nazmiyeh, Mamduh e la loro madre fuggono lontano da quell'inferno insieme ad altri poveri diavoli come loro. Fuggono tutti, ma a un certo punto Nazmiyeh si accorge che Mariam non c'è... Exodous. Mornings in Jenin was one of my all-time favourite novels and made a huge impact on me when I read it. It was one of the most accessible explanations of the Palestinian-Israeli struggle that I had read. So I was most excited to find that Susan Abulhawa was coming to our Literary Festival and that she had a new book out. Shamefully that was last year and I have still not written my review. The Barakas family is evicted from their home in village of Beit Daras in 1948 and travel with just portable luggage to a refugee camp outside Gaza. "...She made her way in the village, walking through walls of fear. The air was heavy, almost unbreathable, and people moved in fitful motions, as if unsure that one leg would follow the other. Women hurried with bundles balanced on heads and children hoisted on hips, pausing occasionally to adjust each. Children struggled to keep pace with their elders, who pulled them by the arms. Bewilderment carved lines in every face that Nazmiyeh passed, and despite the noise and chaos around her, she thought she could hear heartbeats pounding on chest walls." The strength of the women holds the family together across three generations, even beyond the borders into the US. Nazmiyeh, the matriarch is empowering in the face of extreme hardships and the love that young Nur has for her grandfather is deeply touching. This novel tackles the after-effects of becoming a refugee; the trauma, the loss of pride, the poverty and the separated families, trying to make ends meet in a canvas and corrugated-iron city when you are used to living amongst your own fields and orchards and tending your own animals. The author is the daughter of displaced Palestinians, so she writes from close to the source, using first-hand reminiscences. The balance between the horror and pain versus the love and support makes this book a really special read. and I highly recommend it. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"There was a time when they lived in the village of Beit Daras, and the sun was hot and the earth was rich. There were ruins dating back to the Crusades; now their homes, too, are ruins, and they are refugees in the small strip of Gaza. And yet, when young Khaled dies, and moves on to the afterlife, it is back in Beit Daras that he finds himself. And from here he may slip through history, watching the continuing the story of his matriarchal family. He sees his grandmother, Nazmiyeh, once the prettiest, baddest girl in the town, the eternal ringleader. The other girls felt she hung the sky. He sees his mother, Alwan, who loves quietly and strongly, and who sustains the family through her embroidery work, stitching the stars and moon in place. He sees the great-aunts and cousins, and his sunny little sister, Rhet Shel. Finally, there is the branch of the family that moves to Kuwait, and then to America, where Nur, his mother's cousin, begins to lose herself. She will return to Mediterranean shores to find her past, and rediscover the ties of kinship that transcend distance and even death. Born of the violent, troubling history which continues to rage forth and claim its dead, The Blue Between Sky and Water is very much a novel of survival, and of the vivid, powerful women whose world they manage, with each day, to enlarge and to enliven"--Publisher. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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