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螘尉委蟽蠅蟽畏 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀
螠蔚蟿维 蟿畏谓 伪蠀蟿慰魏蟿慰谓委伪 蟿畏蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 渭蔚 蟽魏慰蟺蠈 谓伪 尉蔚蟺蔚蟻维蟽蔚喂 蟿慰 蟺苇谓胃慰蟼 蟿慰蠀, 慰 未蠈魏蟿蠅蟻 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 螝蟻维慰蠀蟽渭伪谓 未苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠈蟽魏位畏蟽畏 蔚谓蠈蟼 蠁委位慰蠀 谓伪 蟺维蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿慰 喂蟽蟿喂慰蠁蠈蟻慰 蟿慰蠀 蠅蟼 蟿喂蟼 螝慰渭蠈蟻蔚蟼. 韦慰 蟽魏维蠁慰蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 未苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 蔚蟺委胃蔚蟽畏 伪蟺蠈 蟺蔚喂蟻伪蟿苇蟼 蟽蟿喂蟼 伪魏蟿苇蟼 蟿畏蟼 危慰渭伪位委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟿伪尉委未喂 渭蔚蟿伪蟿蟻苇蟺蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蔚蠁喂维位蟿畏. 螣 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 蟺喂维谓蔚蟿伪喂 蠈渭畏蟻慰蟼 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟻谓维 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 蟺慰位位伪蟺位苇蟼 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽委蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟿慰谓 魏维谓慰蠀谓 谓伪 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蠄蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿畏蟼 螒蠁蟻喂魏萎蟼, 蔚谓蠈蟼 蟿蠈蟺慰蠀 纬蔚渭维蟿慰蠀 伪谓蠀蟺蠈蠁慰蟻畏 尾委伪 魏伪喂 伪胃位喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 伪蟺鈥� 蟿慰谓 慰蟺慰委慰 伪魏蠈渭伪 魏伪喂 慰喂 胃蔚慰委 伪蟺慰蟽蟿蟻苇蠁慰蠀谓 蟿慰 尾位苇渭渭伪. 螚 蟽蠀谓维谓蟿畏蟽萎 蟿慰蠀 蠈渭蠅蟼 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 螠蟺蟻慰蠉谓慰, 螕维位位慰 蟿蠀蠂慰未喂蠋魏蟿畏 蟺慰蠀 味蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 螒蠁蟻喂魏萎 蔚未蠋 魏伪喂 未蔚魏伪蔚蟿委蔚蟼, 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 渭蔚 维位位伪 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺伪, 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿畏蟻喂蟽蟿喂魏维 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 未喂苇蟺蔚喂 伪蠀蟿萎 蟿畏 蟽魏位畏蟻萎 伪位位维 魏伪喂 蟽伪纬畏谓蔚蠀蟿喂魏萎 纬蠅谓喂维 蟿慰蠀 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀, 胃伪 蟿慰谓 魏维谓慰蠀谓 谓伪 蟽蠀谓蔚喂未畏蟿慰蟺慰喂萎蟽蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟿喂蟼 未喂魏苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 伪位萎胃蔚喂蔚蟼, 谓伪 伪谓伪胃蔚蠅蟻萎蟽蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 尾蔚尾伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟿伪 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠉蠅 蟿慰蠀. 螝伪喂 蟿慰 蟿伪尉委未喂 蟿慰蠀 胃伪 伪蟺慰尾蔚委 苇谓伪 蟿伪尉委未喂 渭蠉畏蟽畏蟼, 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟿慰蠀 伪谓慰委尉蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺蠈蟻蟿蔚蟼 纬喂伪 维位位慰蠀蟼 慰蟻委味慰谓蟿蔚蟼, 维纬谓蠅蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 纬喂伪 蔚魏蔚委谓慰谓 蠅蟼 蟿蠋蟻伪. 螠蔚 蟿慰谓 纬谓蠋蟻喂渭慰 伪蠁畏纬畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰, 慰 螕喂伪蟽渭委谓伪 围维谓蟿蟻伪 蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 维位位畏 渭喂伪 蠁慰蟻维 蟽蔚 伪谓蟿喂蟺伪蟻维胃蔚蟽畏 蟿畏 螖蠉蟽畏 魏伪喂 蟿喂蟼 伪尉委蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 芦蟿蟻委蟿慰禄 魏蠈蟽渭慰, 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 蟽蠀谓伪蟻蟺伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪.
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First published January 1, 2011
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Yasmina Khadra
60听books1,735听followersYasmina Khadra (Arabic: , literally "green jasmine") is the pen name of the Algerian author Mohammed Moulessehoul.
Moulessehoul, an officer in the Algerian army, adopted a woman's pseudonym to avoid military censorship. Despite the publication of many successful novels in Algeria, Moulessehoul only revealed his true identity in 2001 after leaving the army and going into exile and seclusion in France. Anonymity was the only way for him to survive and avoid censorship during the Algerian Civil War.
In 2004, Newsweek acclaimed him as "one of the rare writers capable of giving a meaning to the violence in Algeria today."
His novel The Swallows of Kabul, set in Afghanistan under the Taliban, was shortlisted for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. L'Attentat won the Prix des libraires in 2006, a prize chosen by about five thousand bookstores in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Canada.
Khadra pledges for becoming acquainted with the view of the others. In an interview with the German radio SWR1 in 2006, he said 鈥淭he West interprets the world as he likes it. He develops certain theories that fit into its world outlook, but do not always represent the reality. Being a Muslim, I suggest a new perspective on Afghanistan, on the religious fanaticism and the, how I call it - religiopathy. My novel, the The Swallows of Kabul, gives the readers in the West a chance to understand the core of a problem that he usually only touches on the surface. Because the fanaticism is a threat for all, I contribute to the understanding of the causes and backgrounds. Perhaps then it will be possible to find a way to bring it under control.鈥�
Moulessehoul, an officer in the Algerian army, adopted a woman's pseudonym to avoid military censorship. Despite the publication of many successful novels in Algeria, Moulessehoul only revealed his true identity in 2001 after leaving the army and going into exile and seclusion in France. Anonymity was the only way for him to survive and avoid censorship during the Algerian Civil War.
In 2004, Newsweek acclaimed him as "one of the rare writers capable of giving a meaning to the violence in Algeria today."
His novel The Swallows of Kabul, set in Afghanistan under the Taliban, was shortlisted for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. L'Attentat won the Prix des libraires in 2006, a prize chosen by about five thousand bookstores in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Canada.
Khadra pledges for becoming acquainted with the view of the others. In an interview with the German radio SWR1 in 2006, he said 鈥淭he West interprets the world as he likes it. He develops certain theories that fit into its world outlook, but do not always represent the reality. Being a Muslim, I suggest a new perspective on Afghanistan, on the religious fanaticism and the, how I call it - religiopathy. My novel, the The Swallows of Kabul, gives the readers in the West a chance to understand the core of a problem that he usually only touches on the surface. Because the fanaticism is a threat for all, I contribute to the understanding of the causes and backgrounds. Perhaps then it will be possible to find a way to bring it under control.鈥�
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螚 芦蔚尉委蟽蠅蟽畏禄 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 渭喂伪 蟺蟻慰魏位畏蟿喂魏萎 蟽魏苇蠄畏 纬喂伪 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蟺苇蟼, 蔚谓未慰蟽魏慰蟺喂魏苇蟼 伪谓伪渭蔚蟿蟻萎蟽蔚喂蟼 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 未伪委渭慰谓蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟽蠀谓蔚委未畏蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 慰蠀蟽委伪 蟽蟿慰 谓蠈畏渭伪 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿蔚位喂魏维 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿蠈蟽慰 蠁蠅蟿蔚喂谓维 渭慰谓蠈蟺位蔚蠀蟻慰 蠈蟽慰 魏伪喂 蠂伪慰蟿喂魏维 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓蠈.
螘委谓伪喂 畏 螒蠁蟻喂魏萎, 蟺慰蠀 魏维胃蔚 谓蠉蠂蟿伪 蟺蔚胃伪委谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 魏维胃蔚 渭苇蟻伪 伪谓伪蟽蟿伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂.
螘委谓伪喂 慰喂 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂, 蟺慰蠀 胃苇位慰蠀谓 谓伪 味萎蟽慰蠀谓 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蠈谓蔚喂蟻伪,蔚位蟺委未蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠂苇未喂伪 纬喂伪 蟿慰 渭苇位位慰谓.
螘委谓伪喂 慰喂 位伪慰委, 蟺慰蠀 位喂渭慰魏蟿慰谓慰蠉谓 魏伪喂 位喂蠋谓慰蠀谓 伪蟺慰 伪蟽胃苇谓蔚喂蔚蟼 魏伪喂 伪位蠉蟿蟻蠅蟿蔚蟼 蟺位畏纬苇蟼, 伪蟺慰 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 魏伪蟿伪蟽魏蔚蠀维味慰蠀谓 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺喂维, 蟽蠀渭蟺蠈谓慰喂伪, 伪未蔚位蠁慰蟽蠉谓畏, 蟺委蟽蟿畏, 伪位位畏位蔚纬纬蠉畏 魏伪喂 渭喂伪
蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 蟺伪蟻伪谓慰蠆魏萎 伪喂蟽喂慰未慰尉委伪 蟺蠅蟼 畏 蔚蠀未伪喂渭慰谓委伪 蔚喂谓伪喂 蔚谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪未慰蟿喂魏蠈 蠂伪渭蠈纬蔚位慰, 苇谓伪 尉蔚蟻慰魏蠈渭渭伪蟿慰 蟺慰蠀 渭慰喂蟻维味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蟺慰位位慰蠉蟼 蟺蔚喂谓伪蟽渭苇谓慰蠀蟼, 尾蟻蠈渭喂魏慰 谓蔚蟻蠈 蟺慰蠀 尉蔚蟺位苇谓蔚喂 蠈位伪 蟿伪 尾位蔚未蠀蟻维 魏伪喂 蟿伪 伪蟺维谓胃蟻蠅蟺伪 魏伪喂 蔚谓蠋谓蔚喂 蟽蠋渭伪蟿伪 魏伪喂 蠄蠀蠂苇蟼.
螣位伪 渭伪蠉蟻伪, 慰蠀蟽喂伪蟽蟿喂魏维 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻喂魏维,
蠈位伪 伪蟻蠂苇纬慰谓伪, 渭蠀蟽蟿喂魏喂蟽蟿喂魏维, 纬蔚谓谓萎渭伪蟿伪 蟿畏蟼 蠁蠉蟽畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 未蠋蟽蔚喂 味蠅萎 魏伪喂 胃维谓伪蟿慰 蟽蔚 魏维胃蔚 蟺位维蟽渭伪 蟺慰蠀 蠁喂位慰尉蔚谓蔚委.
危蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 魏蠀蟻喂伪蟻蠂蔚委 畏 蔚蟺委未蟻伪蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 尾委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 蔚纬魏伪蟿维位蔚喂蠄畏蟼, 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪蟻伪委蟿畏蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 蟽蟿苇蟻畏蟽畏蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏蟼 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻喂蠁慰蟻维蟼 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟺慰位蠀蟺位慰魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 蔚尉喂蟽蠋谓蔚喂 维纬蟻喂慰蠀蟼 蟺慰位蔚渭喂蟽蟿苇蟼 魏伪喂 蟺谓蔚蠀渭伪蟿喂魏慰蠉蟼 蠁喂位慰蟽蠈蠁慰蠀蟼.
螚 未蠀蟽位蔚喂蟿慰蠀蟻纬喂魏萎 蟽蠂苇蟽畏 渭蔚蟿伪尉蠉 螒蠁蟻喂魏伪谓蠋谓 魏伪喂 螘蠀蟻蠅蟺伪委蠅谓 渭蔚 渭喂伪 尾伪胃蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蟽魏苇蠄畏, 渭喂伪 蟺喂慰 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 渭伪蟿喂维 渭蔚蟿伪蟿蟻苇蟺蔚蟿伪喂 伪蠀蟿慰渭维蟿蠅蟼 蟽蔚 蔚蠀蟺维胃蔚喂伪 味蠅萎蟼 魏伪喂 喂蟽慰蟻蟻慰蟺委伪 蠀蟺伪蟻尉喂伪魏萎蟼 伪谓伪纬魏伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼.
危蠉渭蟺谓慰喂伪 渭蠀伪位慰蠉 魏伪喂 蠄蠀蠂萎蟼. 螒谓维魏伪渭蠄畏 蟺谓蔚蠀渭伪蟿喂魏萎 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺慰 蟿蟻慰渭蔚蟻慰蠉蟼 蔚蠁喂维位蟿蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠅渭伪蟿喂魏萎 魏伪魏慰蠀蠂委伪. 螝伪胃慰位喂魏萎 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻慰蠁萎 蟿畏蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏蟼 伪尉喂慰蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂伪蟼 魏伪喂 蔚蟽蠅蟿蔚蟻喂魏萎 渭蔚蟿伪渭蠈蟻蠁蠅蟽畏.
螣喂 蠈渭畏蟻慰喂 蟿蠅谓 蟺蔚喂蟻伪蟿蠋谓 蟿畏蟼 危慰渭伪位委伪蟼 蟺苇胃伪谓伪谓 蠅蟼 蟺慰位喂蟿喂蟽渭苇谓慰喂 蟽蔚 魏维蟺慰喂慰 伪蟺慰蟺谓喂魏蟿喂魏蠈, 味慰蠁蔚蟻蠈, 维胃位喂慰 魏伪喂 伪蟺慰魏蟻慰蠀蟽蟿喂魏蠈 渭蟺慰蠀谓蟿蟻慰蠉渭喂 蟽蟿伪 尾维胃畏 蟿畏蟼 尉蔚蠂伪蟽渭苇谓畏蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿慰 胃蔚蠈 螒蠁蟻喂魏萎蟼.
螠伪 伪谓伪蟽蟿萎胃畏魏伪谓, 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 魏蠈位伪蟽畏 蔚蟺委纬蔚喂伪,
蟺慰蠀 纬蔚谓谓慰蠉蟽蔚 蟿慰谓 蟺伪蟻维未蔚喂蟽慰 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺慰 蟿蟻伪纬喂魏维 蠂维未喂伪, 蟺蔚喂谓伪蟽渭苇谓伪 蠂伪渭蠈纬蔚位伪, 伪蟻蟻蠅蟽蟿畏渭苇谓伪 魏慰蟻渭喂维 蟽蠀谓蟿蟻慰蠁喂维蟼, 蟺畏蠂蟿萎, 位喂蠅渭苇谓畏, 伪纬维蟺畏 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟿伪未慰蟿喂魏慰蠉蟼 喂慰蠉蟼 蟿慰蠀 苇蟻蠅蟿伪.
螌蟿伪谓 蟽蔚 尉蔚未喂蠄维蔚喂 畏 尉畏蟻伪蟽委伪 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 未蟻慰蟽委味蔚喂 畏 苇蟻畏渭慰蟼, 位委纬慰 蟺蟻喂谓 蟺蔚胃维谓蔚喂蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿喂蟼 蠁蟻喂魏伪位苇蔚蟼 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽委蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 蠀蟺慰渭苇谓蔚喂蟼, 蟿蠈蟿蔚, 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂蟼 渭喂伪 尾伪胃蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪.
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 魏维谓蔚喂 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀蟼 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚蠉魏慰位慰 谓伪 魏伪胃慰蟻喂蟽蟿蔚委 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪谓蟿畏蠂慰蠉谓 未蠀谓伪蟿维 畏 味蠅萎 魏伪喂 慰 胃维谓伪蟿慰蟼.
馃槇鉁旓笍
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
螘委谓伪喂 畏 螒蠁蟻喂魏萎, 蟺慰蠀 魏维胃蔚 谓蠉蠂蟿伪 蟺蔚胃伪委谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 魏维胃蔚 渭苇蟻伪 伪谓伪蟽蟿伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂.
螘委谓伪喂 慰喂 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂, 蟺慰蠀 胃苇位慰蠀谓 谓伪 味萎蟽慰蠀谓 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蠈谓蔚喂蟻伪,蔚位蟺委未蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠂苇未喂伪 纬喂伪 蟿慰 渭苇位位慰谓.
螘委谓伪喂 慰喂 位伪慰委, 蟺慰蠀 位喂渭慰魏蟿慰谓慰蠉谓 魏伪喂 位喂蠋谓慰蠀谓 伪蟺慰 伪蟽胃苇谓蔚喂蔚蟼 魏伪喂 伪位蠉蟿蟻蠅蟿蔚蟼 蟺位畏纬苇蟼, 伪蟺慰 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 魏伪蟿伪蟽魏蔚蠀维味慰蠀谓 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺喂维, 蟽蠀渭蟺蠈谓慰喂伪, 伪未蔚位蠁慰蟽蠉谓畏, 蟺委蟽蟿畏, 伪位位畏位蔚纬纬蠉畏 魏伪喂 渭喂伪
蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 蟺伪蟻伪谓慰蠆魏萎 伪喂蟽喂慰未慰尉委伪 蟺蠅蟼 畏 蔚蠀未伪喂渭慰谓委伪 蔚喂谓伪喂 蔚谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪未慰蟿喂魏蠈 蠂伪渭蠈纬蔚位慰, 苇谓伪 尉蔚蟻慰魏蠈渭渭伪蟿慰 蟺慰蠀 渭慰喂蟻维味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蟺慰位位慰蠉蟼 蟺蔚喂谓伪蟽渭苇谓慰蠀蟼, 尾蟻蠈渭喂魏慰 谓蔚蟻蠈 蟺慰蠀 尉蔚蟺位苇谓蔚喂 蠈位伪 蟿伪 尾位蔚未蠀蟻维 魏伪喂 蟿伪 伪蟺维谓胃蟻蠅蟺伪 魏伪喂 蔚谓蠋谓蔚喂 蟽蠋渭伪蟿伪 魏伪喂 蠄蠀蠂苇蟼.
螣位伪 渭伪蠉蟻伪, 慰蠀蟽喂伪蟽蟿喂魏维 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻喂魏维,
蠈位伪 伪蟻蠂苇纬慰谓伪, 渭蠀蟽蟿喂魏喂蟽蟿喂魏维, 纬蔚谓谓萎渭伪蟿伪 蟿畏蟼 蠁蠉蟽畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 未蠋蟽蔚喂 味蠅萎 魏伪喂 胃维谓伪蟿慰 蟽蔚 魏维胃蔚 蟺位维蟽渭伪 蟺慰蠀 蠁喂位慰尉蔚谓蔚委.
危蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 魏蠀蟻喂伪蟻蠂蔚委 畏 蔚蟺委未蟻伪蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 尾委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 蔚纬魏伪蟿维位蔚喂蠄畏蟼, 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪蟻伪委蟿畏蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 蟽蟿苇蟻畏蟽畏蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏蟼 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻喂蠁慰蟻维蟼 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟺慰位蠀蟺位慰魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 蔚尉喂蟽蠋谓蔚喂 维纬蟻喂慰蠀蟼 蟺慰位蔚渭喂蟽蟿苇蟼 魏伪喂 蟺谓蔚蠀渭伪蟿喂魏慰蠉蟼 蠁喂位慰蟽蠈蠁慰蠀蟼.
螚 未蠀蟽位蔚喂蟿慰蠀蟻纬喂魏萎 蟽蠂苇蟽畏 渭蔚蟿伪尉蠉 螒蠁蟻喂魏伪谓蠋谓 魏伪喂 螘蠀蟻蠅蟺伪委蠅谓 渭蔚 渭喂伪 尾伪胃蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蟽魏苇蠄畏, 渭喂伪 蟺喂慰 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 渭伪蟿喂维 渭蔚蟿伪蟿蟻苇蟺蔚蟿伪喂 伪蠀蟿慰渭维蟿蠅蟼 蟽蔚 蔚蠀蟺维胃蔚喂伪 味蠅萎蟼 魏伪喂 喂蟽慰蟻蟻慰蟺委伪 蠀蟺伪蟻尉喂伪魏萎蟼 伪谓伪纬魏伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼.
危蠉渭蟺谓慰喂伪 渭蠀伪位慰蠉 魏伪喂 蠄蠀蠂萎蟼. 螒谓维魏伪渭蠄畏 蟺谓蔚蠀渭伪蟿喂魏萎 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺慰 蟿蟻慰渭蔚蟻慰蠉蟼 蔚蠁喂维位蟿蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠅渭伪蟿喂魏萎 魏伪魏慰蠀蠂委伪. 螝伪胃慰位喂魏萎 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻慰蠁萎 蟿畏蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏蟼 伪尉喂慰蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂伪蟼 魏伪喂 蔚蟽蠅蟿蔚蟻喂魏萎 渭蔚蟿伪渭蠈蟻蠁蠅蟽畏.
螣喂 蠈渭畏蟻慰喂 蟿蠅谓 蟺蔚喂蟻伪蟿蠋谓 蟿畏蟼 危慰渭伪位委伪蟼 蟺苇胃伪谓伪谓 蠅蟼 蟺慰位喂蟿喂蟽渭苇谓慰喂 蟽蔚 魏维蟺慰喂慰 伪蟺慰蟺谓喂魏蟿喂魏蠈, 味慰蠁蔚蟻蠈, 维胃位喂慰 魏伪喂 伪蟺慰魏蟻慰蠀蟽蟿喂魏蠈 渭蟺慰蠀谓蟿蟻慰蠉渭喂 蟽蟿伪 尾维胃畏 蟿畏蟼 尉蔚蠂伪蟽渭苇谓畏蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿慰 胃蔚蠈 螒蠁蟻喂魏萎蟼.
螠伪 伪谓伪蟽蟿萎胃畏魏伪谓, 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 魏蠈位伪蟽畏 蔚蟺委纬蔚喂伪,
蟺慰蠀 纬蔚谓谓慰蠉蟽蔚 蟿慰谓 蟺伪蟻维未蔚喂蟽慰 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺慰 蟿蟻伪纬喂魏维 蠂维未喂伪, 蟺蔚喂谓伪蟽渭苇谓伪 蠂伪渭蠈纬蔚位伪, 伪蟻蟻蠅蟽蟿畏渭苇谓伪 魏慰蟻渭喂维 蟽蠀谓蟿蟻慰蠁喂维蟼, 蟺畏蠂蟿萎, 位喂蠅渭苇谓畏, 伪纬维蟺畏 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟿伪未慰蟿喂魏慰蠉蟼 喂慰蠉蟼 蟿慰蠀 苇蟻蠅蟿伪.
螌蟿伪谓 蟽蔚 尉蔚未喂蠄维蔚喂 畏 尉畏蟻伪蟽委伪 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 未蟻慰蟽委味蔚喂 畏 苇蟻畏渭慰蟼, 位委纬慰 蟺蟻喂谓 蟺蔚胃维谓蔚喂蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿喂蟼 蠁蟻喂魏伪位苇蔚蟼 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽委蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 蠀蟺慰渭苇谓蔚喂蟼, 蟿蠈蟿蔚, 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂蟼 渭喂伪 尾伪胃蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪.
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 魏维谓蔚喂 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀蟼 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚蠉魏慰位慰 谓伪 魏伪胃慰蟻喂蟽蟿蔚委 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪谓蟿畏蠂慰蠉谓 未蠀谓伪蟿维 畏 味蠅萎 魏伪喂 慰 胃维谓伪蟿慰蟼.
馃槇鉁旓笍
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
December 23, 2020
螔喂尾位委慰 蟺慰蠀 未委蟽蟿伪味伪 谓伪 蟿慰 未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 位蠈纬蠅 蟿畏蟼 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 蠂伪渭畏位萎蟼 尾伪胃渭慰位慰纬委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀, 伪位位维 蔚蟺蔚喂未萎 未喂伪未蟻伪渭伪蟿委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓畏 渭慰蠀 螒蠁蟻喂魏萎 苇魏伪谓伪 蟿慰 尾萎渭伪 魏伪喂 蟿蔚位喂魏维 未蔚谓 蟿慰 渭蔚蟿维谓喂蠅蟽伪 魏伪胃蠈位慰蠀.
螠蔚蟿维 蟿畏谓 伪蠀蟿慰魏蟿慰谓委伪 蟿畏蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪蟼 蟿慰蠀, 慰 未蠈魏蟿蠅蟻 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 螝蟻维慰蠀蟽渭伪谓 未苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠈蟽魏位畏蟽畏 蔚谓蠈蟼 蠁委位慰蠀 谓伪 蟺维蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿慰 喂蟽蟿喂慰蠁蠈蟻慰 蟿慰蠀 蠅蟼 蟿喂蟼 螝慰渭蠈蟻蔚蟼. 螠蔚蟿维 伪蟺蠈 蔚蟺委胃蔚蟽畏 伪蟺蠈 蟺蔚喂蟻伪蟿苇蟼, 慰 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 魏伪喂 慰 蠁委位慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺喂维谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蠈渭畏蟻慰喂 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟿伪尉委未喂 渭蔚蟿伪蟿蟻苇蟺蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蔚蠁喂维位蟿畏.
螣喂 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽委蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟺蔚蟻维蟽蔚喂, 蟿伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 未蔚喂 魏伪喂 慰喂 蔚渭蟺蔚喂蟻委蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 尾喂蠋蟽蔚喂, 魏维谓慰蠀谓 蟿慰谓 螖蟻. 螝蟻维慰蠀蟽渭伪谓 谓伪 蔚蟺伪谓伪尉喂慰位慰纬萎蟽蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 "伪尉委蔚蟼" 蟿慰蠀 未蠀蟿喂魏慰蠉 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蠀 味蠅萎蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 蔚蟺伪谓伪蟺蟻慰蟽未喂慰蟻委蟽蔚喂 蟿慰谓 委未喂慰 蟿慰蠀 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈!
螆谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰, 蟺慰蠀 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 渭伪蠀蟻委位伪 蟿慰蠀 (魏蠀蟻喂慰位蔚魏蟿喂魏维 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻喂魏维) 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬蔚喂 蟽蔚 蠉渭谓慰 蟽蟿畏谓 委未喂伪 蟿畏 味蠅萎 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 魏维谓蔚喂 蟿慰蠀位维蠂喂蟽蟿慰谓 谓伪 蟽魏蔚蠁蟿蔚委蟼, 伪谓 蠈蠂喂 谓伪 蔚蟺伪谓伪尉喂慰位慰纬萎蟽蔚喂蟼, 蟿喂蟼 伪尉委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 (未蠀蟿喂魏慰蠉) 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蠀 味蠅萎蟼 渭伪蟼.
Africa 鉂わ笍
螠蔚蟿维 蟿畏谓 伪蠀蟿慰魏蟿慰谓委伪 蟿畏蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪蟼 蟿慰蠀, 慰 未蠈魏蟿蠅蟻 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 螝蟻维慰蠀蟽渭伪谓 未苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠈蟽魏位畏蟽畏 蔚谓蠈蟼 蠁委位慰蠀 谓伪 蟺维蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿慰 喂蟽蟿喂慰蠁蠈蟻慰 蟿慰蠀 蠅蟼 蟿喂蟼 螝慰渭蠈蟻蔚蟼. 螠蔚蟿维 伪蟺蠈 蔚蟺委胃蔚蟽畏 伪蟺蠈 蟺蔚喂蟻伪蟿苇蟼, 慰 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 魏伪喂 慰 蠁委位慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺喂维谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蠈渭畏蟻慰喂 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟿伪尉委未喂 渭蔚蟿伪蟿蟻苇蟺蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蔚蠁喂维位蟿畏.
螣喂 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽委蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟺蔚蟻维蟽蔚喂, 蟿伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 未蔚喂 魏伪喂 慰喂 蔚渭蟺蔚喂蟻委蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 尾喂蠋蟽蔚喂, 魏维谓慰蠀谓 蟿慰谓 螖蟻. 螝蟻维慰蠀蟽渭伪谓 谓伪 蔚蟺伪谓伪尉喂慰位慰纬萎蟽蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 "伪尉委蔚蟼" 蟿慰蠀 未蠀蟿喂魏慰蠉 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蠀 味蠅萎蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 蔚蟺伪谓伪蟺蟻慰蟽未喂慰蟻委蟽蔚喂 蟿慰谓 委未喂慰 蟿慰蠀 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈!
螆谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰, 蟺慰蠀 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 渭伪蠀蟻委位伪 蟿慰蠀 (魏蠀蟻喂慰位蔚魏蟿喂魏维 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻喂魏维) 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬蔚喂 蟽蔚 蠉渭谓慰 蟽蟿畏谓 委未喂伪 蟿畏 味蠅萎 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 魏维谓蔚喂 蟿慰蠀位维蠂喂蟽蟿慰谓 谓伪 蟽魏蔚蠁蟿蔚委蟼, 伪谓 蠈蠂喂 谓伪 蔚蟺伪谓伪尉喂慰位慰纬萎蟽蔚喂蟼, 蟿喂蟼 伪尉委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 (未蠀蟿喂魏慰蠉) 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蠀 味蠅萎蟼 渭伪蟼.
Africa 鉂わ笍
April 6, 2017
Here鈥檚 a story that could have been worked into a terrific novel in the hands of a writer with a trifle of self-restraint. Unfortunately, Yasmina Khadra, reputedly one of Africa鈥檚 greatest writers, displays none of that. Every one of his characters, from a German physician to a passel of Somali or Sudanese pirates, speaks like an Oxford philosophy don 鈥� and somehow they all understand one another perfectly without any indication that they could possibly speak any language in common. Khadra鈥檚 characters are not people but mouthpieces for his philosophical and political views, which tend to be tedious.
The novel鈥檚 protagonist, Kurt Krausmann, comes upon the dead body of his beloved wife soon after the tale opens. She clearly committed suicide. (This is not a murder mystery.) The good doctor, a general practitioner in Frankfurt, goes into an emotional tailspin. His best friend, Hans Makkenroth, one of Germany鈥檚 wealthiest and best-known industrialists, presses Krausmann to join him on a long ocean voyage on his yacht. Weeks underway, as Krausmann begins to recover his senses, Somali or Sudanese pirates (it鈥檚 never clear which) attack the ship in the Gulf of Aden and drag Krausmann and Makkenroth off to the Somali coast. There the group sets out on an overland journey westward for nearly 2,000 miles through Ethiopia and Sudan to the godforsaken reaches of Darfur, meeting violent and tragic circumstances along the way. The journey, while eventful, serves primarily as a setting for the principal characters 鈥� two of the pirates as well as Krausmann and Makkenroth 鈥� to pontificate about the meaning of life and about Africa and its relation to the West. While their sentiments are well expressed 鈥� remember, I compared these characters to Oxford philosophy dons 鈥� they strike me as dated and overwrought.
Think I鈥檓 exaggerating? Here鈥檚 a sample: 鈥淚t is true that we are insignificant. But in this perfect body which age breaks down as the seasons pass and which the smallest germ can lay low, there is a magical territory where it is possible for us to take our lives back. It is in this hidden place that our true strength lies; in other words, our faith in what we believe to be good for us . . .鈥� and that鈥檚 just the beginning of the soliloquy. Have you EVER heard anyone actually say anything like that?
By the way, Yasmina Khadra is not a woman as his pen name suggests but a former Algerian army officer named Mohammed Moulessehoul who adopted his wife鈥檚 name to avoid military censorship.
Africa has made worthy contributions to world literature through the work of an abundance of world-class writers: Chinua Achebe, Nadine Gordimer, Chimananda Ngozi Adichie, Wole Soyinka, NoViolet Bulawayo, and Alan Paton, among many others. Yasmina Khadra doesn鈥檛 measure up to them.
The novel鈥檚 protagonist, Kurt Krausmann, comes upon the dead body of his beloved wife soon after the tale opens. She clearly committed suicide. (This is not a murder mystery.) The good doctor, a general practitioner in Frankfurt, goes into an emotional tailspin. His best friend, Hans Makkenroth, one of Germany鈥檚 wealthiest and best-known industrialists, presses Krausmann to join him on a long ocean voyage on his yacht. Weeks underway, as Krausmann begins to recover his senses, Somali or Sudanese pirates (it鈥檚 never clear which) attack the ship in the Gulf of Aden and drag Krausmann and Makkenroth off to the Somali coast. There the group sets out on an overland journey westward for nearly 2,000 miles through Ethiopia and Sudan to the godforsaken reaches of Darfur, meeting violent and tragic circumstances along the way. The journey, while eventful, serves primarily as a setting for the principal characters 鈥� two of the pirates as well as Krausmann and Makkenroth 鈥� to pontificate about the meaning of life and about Africa and its relation to the West. While their sentiments are well expressed 鈥� remember, I compared these characters to Oxford philosophy dons 鈥� they strike me as dated and overwrought.
Think I鈥檓 exaggerating? Here鈥檚 a sample: 鈥淚t is true that we are insignificant. But in this perfect body which age breaks down as the seasons pass and which the smallest germ can lay low, there is a magical territory where it is possible for us to take our lives back. It is in this hidden place that our true strength lies; in other words, our faith in what we believe to be good for us . . .鈥� and that鈥檚 just the beginning of the soliloquy. Have you EVER heard anyone actually say anything like that?
By the way, Yasmina Khadra is not a woman as his pen name suggests but a former Algerian army officer named Mohammed Moulessehoul who adopted his wife鈥檚 name to avoid military censorship.
Africa has made worthy contributions to world literature through the work of an abundance of world-class writers: Chinua Achebe, Nadine Gordimer, Chimananda Ngozi Adichie, Wole Soyinka, NoViolet Bulawayo, and Alan Paton, among many others. Yasmina Khadra doesn鈥檛 measure up to them.
August 4, 2016
This is a hard book to review. On the one hand, it has an engrossing plot which sweeps you in and draws you into a totally different world right away, forcing you to think about your own life circumstances and good fortune, which we almost always take for granted. On the other hand, it isn't perfect, and is somewhat preachy in its philosophies and politics. Also, it is sometimes truly difficult to read about how harrowing and horrifying human life can be in the third world. There are shocking scenes in this novel which I found difficult to read through. The characters are sometimes over the top, representing ideas and stands instead of being real people. Still, it is an important book, and pretty enjoyable all in all. I recommend it with all its faults.
February 21, 2020
"These people were an education. They laughed at their disappointments as if at an unsuccessful farce. I envied them, envied the maturity they had gained from so much suffering and so many nightmarish ordeals, their philosophical distance which allowed them to rise above traumas and disasters, and their sense of humour that seemed to proudly defy an unjust and treacherous fate, the mechanism of which they had somehow deciphered."
This book is a horrific tribute of love and understanding to the long suffering people and lands of Africa. The plot serves as a backdrop for the lengthy philosophical observations and introspective declarations about life in Africa. The focal person of which are various characters, both white and black devotees of Africa.
Racism, Captivity, Protest of the violated and power of the violence are the undercurrents of the narrative:
"I鈥檓 teaching this bastard about Africa. He needs to know that things have changed.鈥� He grabbed me by the throat, squeezed hard and said, 鈥楴o one race is superior to any other. Since prehistoric times, it鈥檚 always been the balance of power that decides who鈥檚 master and who鈥檚 slave. Today, the power鈥檚 on my side. And even if to you I鈥檓 nothing but a stupid nigger...I鈥檓 the one who calls the shots. Knowledge, social rank and skin colour don鈥檛
mean a thing when you鈥檝e got a gun shoved in your face. You thought you were God鈥檚 gift? I鈥檓 going to prove to you that you鈥檙e nothing but a little runt like the rest of us, Your university qualifications and your white man鈥檚 arrogance don鈥檛 matter
in a place where a simple bullet鈥檚 enough to do away with all your privileges. So you were born in the West, were you? You鈥檙e lucky. Now you鈥檙e going to be reborn in Africa and you鈥檒l understand what that means.....You have nobody to blame but yourselves. When a fly is trapped in a web, it can鈥檛 blame the spider. That鈥檚 how life is.
The world has always functioned like that, since the dawn of time. Actually, since the dawn of time, it鈥檚 always been night. The dawn of humanity isn鈥檛 quite ready to rise yet 鈥�..When nothing is certain, when right and wrong have cancelled one another out, fear becomes the most exaggerated form of surrender...The South Pole is only the North Pole lying flat on its back, and the West is only the East on the other side of the street. And do you know why, Monsieur Krausmann? Because there are no more shades of grey. And when there are no more shades of grey, anybody can rationalise anything, even the worst atrocity.....
A Sisyphean world abandoned to the cowardice of men and the ravages of epidemics, a world of torture and violence, where contingents of the living dead wandered from place to place through a thousand torments, hope crucified on their foreheads and their shoulders collapsing beneath the weight of a nameless curse."
Understanding followed by forgiveness and redemption, the sheer power of human heart, resilience and love are the focal point of this argumentative process :
鈥楢frica isn鈥檛 something to be seen, Monsieur Krausmann,
it鈥檚 to be felt, experienced, smelt.鈥�
An African knows that life is his
most precious possession. Sorrow, joy, illness are simply part of a person鈥檚 education. An African takes things as they come without granting them more credit than they deserve. And although he may be convinced that miracles exist, he doesn鈥檛 demand them. He鈥檚 self-sufficient,
His wisdom cushions his disappointments.....His heart is his kingdom. Nobody in the world knows better than him how to share and forgive. If I had to give generosity a face, it would be the face of an African. If I had to give brotherhood a sound, it would be
that of an African laugh....Africa is more than the sum of its famines, wars and epidemics.鈥�
鈥楾his continent is a holy land, Kurt. I don鈥檛 know how to say it. The people are 鈥� I can鈥檛 find the word......They carry a kind of allegory inside them, or rather a truth that鈥檚 beyond me. And it comes home to me with such strength that it makes me shiver. There鈥檚 a biblical inspiration in these people. Something that strengthens my faith, even though I don鈥檛 exactly know what it is.鈥�
Had these survivors forgotten the misfortunes that had befallen them or had they discovered an antidote?
In Africa I saw people who were nothing but skin and bone, who had nothing to eat and nothing to expect, and who fought for every second of life. People who鈥檇 had their lands stolen from them, people who were persecuted, reduced to the level of their own beasts of burden, chased from their squalid villages and wandering among bandits and disease, and yet, just imagine: poor and helpless as they were, they didn鈥檛 give up one scrap of their wretched existence.
from what ashes they had been reborn. They had an astonishing ability to downplay adversity. Their strength lay in their mindset, a unique, ancient mindset forged in the very magma of this good old earth of men. A mindset that had come into being with the first cry of life and would survive hard times and the downward spiral of the modern world with undimmed vigour. Deep inside these people, there resided an enduring flame that brightened and revived them every time the darkness tried to overwhelm them.....
the desert is not finite but virgin, that its dust is pure and its mirages stimulating, that where love sows, the harvest is limitless because everything is possible when heart and mind combine."
"men are the worst and the best of what nature has created; some die for an ideal, others for nothing; some perish from their own generosity, others from their own ingratitude; they tear each other apart for the same reasons, each in his own camp, and the irony of fate presides over that terrible drama, finally reconciling, in the same foul-smelling pit, the enlightened and the unenlightened, the virtuous and the depraved, the martyr and the executioner, all delivered to everlasting death like Siamese twins in their mother鈥檚 womb.
Since time began, suspicious of anything that doesn鈥檛 make him suffer, man has been chasing after his own shadow and looking
elsewhere for what he already has within reach, convinced that no redemption is possible without martyrdom, that any mishap is a mark of failure, when his greatest strength is his ability to bounce back 鈥� Man, that prodigy failing to make the most of his chances and fascinated by his own vanities, constantly torn between what he thinks he is and what he would like to be, forgetting that the healthiest way of existing is quite simply to remain oneself."
The book ends with the only logical conclusion there is to the story and I think all "privileged" natives of the earth must for once read this shocking yet beautiful account of Africa in all her Magnificence and splendour.
鈥榃hy are you sad?鈥� the marabout had asked me. 鈥榊ou shouldn鈥檛 be. Only the dead are sad because they can鈥檛 get up again......Only someone who knows where he鈥檚 going can find a way out.'
"Live every morning as if it鈥檚 the first
Let the past deal with its own misdeeds.
Live every evening as if it鈥檚 the last
Tomorrow will bring what tomorrow needs."
This book is a horrific tribute of love and understanding to the long suffering people and lands of Africa. The plot serves as a backdrop for the lengthy philosophical observations and introspective declarations about life in Africa. The focal person of which are various characters, both white and black devotees of Africa.
Racism, Captivity, Protest of the violated and power of the violence are the undercurrents of the narrative:
"I鈥檓 teaching this bastard about Africa. He needs to know that things have changed.鈥� He grabbed me by the throat, squeezed hard and said, 鈥楴o one race is superior to any other. Since prehistoric times, it鈥檚 always been the balance of power that decides who鈥檚 master and who鈥檚 slave. Today, the power鈥檚 on my side. And even if to you I鈥檓 nothing but a stupid nigger...I鈥檓 the one who calls the shots. Knowledge, social rank and skin colour don鈥檛
mean a thing when you鈥檝e got a gun shoved in your face. You thought you were God鈥檚 gift? I鈥檓 going to prove to you that you鈥檙e nothing but a little runt like the rest of us, Your university qualifications and your white man鈥檚 arrogance don鈥檛 matter
in a place where a simple bullet鈥檚 enough to do away with all your privileges. So you were born in the West, were you? You鈥檙e lucky. Now you鈥檙e going to be reborn in Africa and you鈥檒l understand what that means.....You have nobody to blame but yourselves. When a fly is trapped in a web, it can鈥檛 blame the spider. That鈥檚 how life is.
The world has always functioned like that, since the dawn of time. Actually, since the dawn of time, it鈥檚 always been night. The dawn of humanity isn鈥檛 quite ready to rise yet 鈥�..When nothing is certain, when right and wrong have cancelled one another out, fear becomes the most exaggerated form of surrender...The South Pole is only the North Pole lying flat on its back, and the West is only the East on the other side of the street. And do you know why, Monsieur Krausmann? Because there are no more shades of grey. And when there are no more shades of grey, anybody can rationalise anything, even the worst atrocity.....
A Sisyphean world abandoned to the cowardice of men and the ravages of epidemics, a world of torture and violence, where contingents of the living dead wandered from place to place through a thousand torments, hope crucified on their foreheads and their shoulders collapsing beneath the weight of a nameless curse."
Understanding followed by forgiveness and redemption, the sheer power of human heart, resilience and love are the focal point of this argumentative process :
鈥楢frica isn鈥檛 something to be seen, Monsieur Krausmann,
it鈥檚 to be felt, experienced, smelt.鈥�
An African knows that life is his
most precious possession. Sorrow, joy, illness are simply part of a person鈥檚 education. An African takes things as they come without granting them more credit than they deserve. And although he may be convinced that miracles exist, he doesn鈥檛 demand them. He鈥檚 self-sufficient,
His wisdom cushions his disappointments.....His heart is his kingdom. Nobody in the world knows better than him how to share and forgive. If I had to give generosity a face, it would be the face of an African. If I had to give brotherhood a sound, it would be
that of an African laugh....Africa is more than the sum of its famines, wars and epidemics.鈥�
鈥楾his continent is a holy land, Kurt. I don鈥檛 know how to say it. The people are 鈥� I can鈥檛 find the word......They carry a kind of allegory inside them, or rather a truth that鈥檚 beyond me. And it comes home to me with such strength that it makes me shiver. There鈥檚 a biblical inspiration in these people. Something that strengthens my faith, even though I don鈥檛 exactly know what it is.鈥�
Had these survivors forgotten the misfortunes that had befallen them or had they discovered an antidote?
In Africa I saw people who were nothing but skin and bone, who had nothing to eat and nothing to expect, and who fought for every second of life. People who鈥檇 had their lands stolen from them, people who were persecuted, reduced to the level of their own beasts of burden, chased from their squalid villages and wandering among bandits and disease, and yet, just imagine: poor and helpless as they were, they didn鈥檛 give up one scrap of their wretched existence.
from what ashes they had been reborn. They had an astonishing ability to downplay adversity. Their strength lay in their mindset, a unique, ancient mindset forged in the very magma of this good old earth of men. A mindset that had come into being with the first cry of life and would survive hard times and the downward spiral of the modern world with undimmed vigour. Deep inside these people, there resided an enduring flame that brightened and revived them every time the darkness tried to overwhelm them.....
the desert is not finite but virgin, that its dust is pure and its mirages stimulating, that where love sows, the harvest is limitless because everything is possible when heart and mind combine."
"men are the worst and the best of what nature has created; some die for an ideal, others for nothing; some perish from their own generosity, others from their own ingratitude; they tear each other apart for the same reasons, each in his own camp, and the irony of fate presides over that terrible drama, finally reconciling, in the same foul-smelling pit, the enlightened and the unenlightened, the virtuous and the depraved, the martyr and the executioner, all delivered to everlasting death like Siamese twins in their mother鈥檚 womb.
Since time began, suspicious of anything that doesn鈥檛 make him suffer, man has been chasing after his own shadow and looking
elsewhere for what he already has within reach, convinced that no redemption is possible without martyrdom, that any mishap is a mark of failure, when his greatest strength is his ability to bounce back 鈥� Man, that prodigy failing to make the most of his chances and fascinated by his own vanities, constantly torn between what he thinks he is and what he would like to be, forgetting that the healthiest way of existing is quite simply to remain oneself."
The book ends with the only logical conclusion there is to the story and I think all "privileged" natives of the earth must for once read this shocking yet beautiful account of Africa in all her Magnificence and splendour.
鈥榃hy are you sad?鈥� the marabout had asked me. 鈥榊ou shouldn鈥檛 be. Only the dead are sad because they can鈥檛 get up again......Only someone who knows where he鈥檚 going can find a way out.'
"Live every morning as if it鈥檚 the first
Let the past deal with its own misdeeds.
Live every evening as if it鈥檚 the last
Tomorrow will bring what tomorrow needs."
July 25, 2017
Yasmina Khadra 茅 um poeta, um fil贸sofo. Tem o Dom de transformar simples palavras em pura magia, que me revolvem as emo莽玫es, e me levam a questionar o verdadeiro sentido da vida.
"A vida 茅 uma sucess茫o de ambiguidades e de bravatas. Aprendemos todos os dias, e todos os dias apagamos a ard贸sia para um novo exerc铆cio. Na realidade, n茫o h谩 uma verdade irrefut谩vel, s贸 h谩 certezas. Quando uma se revela infundada, forjamos outra e aferrolhamos-nos nela contra ventos e mar茅s. A sobreviv锚ncia 茅 um n谩ufrago cuja salva莽茫o repousa na obstina莽茫o e n茫o na provid锚ncia."
Numa escrita po茅tica e sublime - onde at茅 o aterrar de um avi茫o nos comove - Khadra cria uma obra grandiosa, na qual vivem personagens verdadeiramente inesquec铆veis.
Kurt Krausmann 茅 vitima de uma trag茅dia familiar que n茫o compreende, e numa fuga 脿 dor empreende uma viagem com um amigo. S茫o raptados por piratas e levados para o Darfur, onde reina a bestialidade humana.
Joma - a besta, o poeta鈥ma personagem inesquec铆vel pela sua crueldade, mas tamb茅m pela sua sensibilidade e humanidade. Incoerente? N茫o! "Quando um mosquito se deixa apanhar numa teia, n茫o pode querer mal 脿 aranha.".
Hans - o homem rico mas generoso, fascinado por horizontes long铆nquos e que percorre mundo para ajudar os povos mais miser谩veis.
Bruno - o franc锚s, africano no cora莽茫o, que mesmo no limite do desespero n茫o deixa morrer a alegria de viver e a f茅 no ser humano.
Jessica - o s铆mbolo da 鈥渆volu莽茫o" do homem, da nossa sociedade, em que 脿 mais leve contrariedade esquecemos o mais importante de tudo: a ben莽茫o que 茅 a nossa pr贸pria vida鈥�
Os volunt谩rios da Cruz Vermelha - os her贸is, se nesta vida os houver鈥�- a generosidade, a paix茫o daqueles cujos sonhos e ambi莽玫es s茫o a dedica莽茫o aos que nada t锚m鈥�
脕frica, os Africanos - a personagem principal. "Estas pessoas n茫o possuem nada; chegaram ao fim, os seus amanh茫s assemelham-se a campos de minas (鈥�) Sabem que o que sofreram na v茅spera os espera a p茅 firme no dia seguinte, (鈥�) que onde os homens exercem sev铆cias os deuses se abst锚m de intervir; sabem tantas coisas e agem como se n茫o fosse nada, recusando o facto consumado e procurando, para al茅m do Bem e do Mal, uma ilus茫o 脿 qual se apeguem, pouco importando se 茅 feita de cinzas ou de fumo."
De uma forma generosa, Khadra oferece-nos a esperan莽a de que h谩 sempre um amanh茫 e cada dia 茅 um milagre... Porque est谩s triste? N茫o devias. S贸 os mortos est茫o tristes porque n茫o podem levantar-se鈥�"
No final fiquei alegre por me libertar de tanta tristeza, e triste por me despedir de tanta beleza鈥�
N茫o me lembro de um s贸 livro me ensinar tanto鈥�
"Vive cada manh茫 como se fosse a primeira
E deixa ao passado os remorsos e as m谩s ac莽玫es,
Vive cada noite como se fosse a 煤ltima
Porque ningu茅m sabe de que ser谩 feito o amanh茫."
"A vida 茅 uma sucess茫o de ambiguidades e de bravatas. Aprendemos todos os dias, e todos os dias apagamos a ard贸sia para um novo exerc铆cio. Na realidade, n茫o h谩 uma verdade irrefut谩vel, s贸 h谩 certezas. Quando uma se revela infundada, forjamos outra e aferrolhamos-nos nela contra ventos e mar茅s. A sobreviv锚ncia 茅 um n谩ufrago cuja salva莽茫o repousa na obstina莽茫o e n茫o na provid锚ncia."
Numa escrita po茅tica e sublime - onde at茅 o aterrar de um avi茫o nos comove - Khadra cria uma obra grandiosa, na qual vivem personagens verdadeiramente inesquec铆veis.
Kurt Krausmann 茅 vitima de uma trag茅dia familiar que n茫o compreende, e numa fuga 脿 dor empreende uma viagem com um amigo. S茫o raptados por piratas e levados para o Darfur, onde reina a bestialidade humana.
Joma - a besta, o poeta鈥ma personagem inesquec铆vel pela sua crueldade, mas tamb茅m pela sua sensibilidade e humanidade. Incoerente? N茫o! "Quando um mosquito se deixa apanhar numa teia, n茫o pode querer mal 脿 aranha.".
Hans - o homem rico mas generoso, fascinado por horizontes long铆nquos e que percorre mundo para ajudar os povos mais miser谩veis.
Bruno - o franc锚s, africano no cora莽茫o, que mesmo no limite do desespero n茫o deixa morrer a alegria de viver e a f茅 no ser humano.
Jessica - o s铆mbolo da 鈥渆volu莽茫o" do homem, da nossa sociedade, em que 脿 mais leve contrariedade esquecemos o mais importante de tudo: a ben莽茫o que 茅 a nossa pr贸pria vida鈥�
Os volunt谩rios da Cruz Vermelha - os her贸is, se nesta vida os houver鈥�- a generosidade, a paix茫o daqueles cujos sonhos e ambi莽玫es s茫o a dedica莽茫o aos que nada t锚m鈥�
脕frica, os Africanos - a personagem principal. "Estas pessoas n茫o possuem nada; chegaram ao fim, os seus amanh茫s assemelham-se a campos de minas (鈥�) Sabem que o que sofreram na v茅spera os espera a p茅 firme no dia seguinte, (鈥�) que onde os homens exercem sev铆cias os deuses se abst锚m de intervir; sabem tantas coisas e agem como se n茫o fosse nada, recusando o facto consumado e procurando, para al茅m do Bem e do Mal, uma ilus茫o 脿 qual se apeguem, pouco importando se 茅 feita de cinzas ou de fumo."
De uma forma generosa, Khadra oferece-nos a esperan莽a de que h谩 sempre um amanh茫 e cada dia 茅 um milagre... Porque est谩s triste? N茫o devias. S贸 os mortos est茫o tristes porque n茫o podem levantar-se鈥�"
No final fiquei alegre por me libertar de tanta tristeza, e triste por me despedir de tanta beleza鈥�
N茫o me lembro de um s贸 livro me ensinar tanto鈥�
"Vive cada manh茫 como se fosse a primeira
E deixa ao passado os remorsos e as m谩s ac莽玫es,
Vive cada noite como se fosse a 煤ltima
Porque ningu茅m sabe de que ser谩 feito o amanh茫."
February 14, 2016
Kurt Krausmann, devastated by a recent bereavement, is persuaded to join his friend Hans Makkeroth on a humanitarian mission to Africa. En route their boat is hijacked and they are taken hostage. Their captivity in harsh, inhumane conditions, plus the meeting with a fellow hostage Bruno, who staunchly continues to defend his aggressors鈥� behaviour in the context of African colonialism allows the author to explore many important issues, but unfortunately he really doesn鈥檛 manage to do so very effectively at all. My main problem with this book is the voices. Everyone speaks in eloquent sentences, even the African thugs. Now it may be, of course, that I am wrong and that some thugs are eloquent and articulate, but it seems unlikely. Khadra does indeed make one of them a poet but his actions belie any sense of humanity and education that being a poet usually implies. So the characters merely mouth Khadra鈥檚 own ideas and thoughts presumably in Khadra鈥檚 own voice and simply do not reflect the reality on the ground. And then Khadra鈥檚 own language is so high-flown and clich茅d I could hardly bear to read it. Land of Morpheus, profile of a goddess, eyes shining like jewels or like 鈥渢wo rubies wrapped in velvet鈥�, and even comparisons that don鈥檛 make sense 鈥� 鈥渉is bulging, joyful eyes rolled like white-hot marbles鈥�. And then there are the lists 鈥� every time a character walks into a room Khadra feels impelled to list all the contents鈥�..鈥漢ard-cover encyclopaedias, numbered files in chronological order鈥� and so on. What does that add to the narrative? Except superfluous words. There鈥檚 a good story lurking behind the bad style, and with some ruthless editing that story could have emerged. But as it stands the book has a lot wrong with it, which is a shame as the subject matter is relevant and topical and deserves a better treatment. By chance I鈥檝e just read Clair Ni Chonghaile鈥檚 Fractured which sings while this one is mired in its own verbosity.
March 30, 2013
Je ne comprends pas le succ猫s de Yasmina Khadra. Tant "L'attentat" que "Ce que le jour doit 脿 la nuit" m'avaient fait bailler d'ennui. Chacun de ses livres est pourtant un best-seller. Le dernier en date n'a pas fait exception.
Je l'ai lu moins par plaisir que par obligation : ce n'est pas tous les jours qu'un roman grand public a l'Afrique pour d茅cor.
Et j'ai 茅t茅 mortellement d茅莽u par cette histoire sans queue ni t锚te d'un m茅decin allemand (pourquoi diable allemand ?) parti se remettre du suicide de sa femme en acheminant en voilier des m茅dicaments vers les Comores (depuis quand envoie-t-on des m茅dicaments aux Comores, qui plus est en voilier !). Au large de la Somalie, son bateau est arraisonn茅 par des pirates. Otage, il est conduit ... au Darfour (imagine-t-on des terroristes de l'ETA se r茅fugier au Danemark ?) o霉 il rencontre une jolie infirmi猫re (espagnole) qui lui redonnera le gout de vivre.
On se croirait dans un roman Harlequin m芒tin茅 de Jules Verne et lard茅 de r茅flexions philosophiques 脿 la Paolo Coelho. La plume de Yasmina Khadra est pachydermique, laissant suspecter dans l'usage r茅p茅t茅 d'adjectifs compliqu茅s le d茅sir secret de l'auteur de "faire style" ("Il r茅side au tr茅fonds de ces 锚tres, une flamme immarcescible qui les 茅claire et les ravive chaque fois que les t茅n猫bres tentent de les dissoudre")
J'aurais pourtant d没 me m茅fier d'une quatri猫me de couverture qui annonce "un voyage saisissant de r茅alisme qui nous transporte de la Somalie au Soudan dans une Afrique orientale tour 脿 tour sauvage, irrationnelle, sage, fi猫re, digne et infiniment courageuse".
Je l'ai lu moins par plaisir que par obligation : ce n'est pas tous les jours qu'un roman grand public a l'Afrique pour d茅cor.
Et j'ai 茅t茅 mortellement d茅莽u par cette histoire sans queue ni t锚te d'un m茅decin allemand (pourquoi diable allemand ?) parti se remettre du suicide de sa femme en acheminant en voilier des m茅dicaments vers les Comores (depuis quand envoie-t-on des m茅dicaments aux Comores, qui plus est en voilier !). Au large de la Somalie, son bateau est arraisonn茅 par des pirates. Otage, il est conduit ... au Darfour (imagine-t-on des terroristes de l'ETA se r茅fugier au Danemark ?) o霉 il rencontre une jolie infirmi猫re (espagnole) qui lui redonnera le gout de vivre.
On se croirait dans un roman Harlequin m芒tin茅 de Jules Verne et lard茅 de r茅flexions philosophiques 脿 la Paolo Coelho. La plume de Yasmina Khadra est pachydermique, laissant suspecter dans l'usage r茅p茅t茅 d'adjectifs compliqu茅s le d茅sir secret de l'auteur de "faire style" ("Il r茅side au tr茅fonds de ces 锚tres, une flamme immarcescible qui les 茅claire et les ravive chaque fois que les t茅n猫bres tentent de les dissoudre")
J'aurais pourtant d没 me m茅fier d'une quatri猫me de couverture qui annonce "un voyage saisissant de r茅alisme qui nous transporte de la Somalie au Soudan dans une Afrique orientale tour 脿 tour sauvage, irrationnelle, sage, fi猫re, digne et infiniment courageuse".
February 26, 2015
It's disturbing, compelling, likely to provoke much debate and makes me look forward to reading his next book.
Kurt Krausmann, a doctor living in Frankfurt, Germany met a beautiful woman while in Paris, both were there for work purposes, attending different conferences in the same hotel, seemingly wedded to their careers, they found each other and if we are to believe the doctor narrator, 10 years of contentedness followed.
Moments from the past now arrive unbidden, a mocking assurance as his illusion of bliss is permanently scarred the evening he arrives home to discover the loving (though recently tormented by he knows not what) Jessica, has committed suicide.
The doctor鈥檚 ritualistic, clinical, predictable life is turned upside down and he experiences extremes of emotion, the like of which he would normally only ever encounter in the detached manner he has of observing patients, those symptoms he has so often downplayed in others threaten to overwhelm him.
His friend Hans Mekkenroth, a wealthy philanthropist throws him a lifeline, suggesting he travel with him on one of his regular humanitarian missions, they will sail across the seas in his yacht to deliver supplies to the Comoros Isles.
Hans lost his wife Paula some years before and though there isn鈥檛 a day when he doesn鈥檛 miss her, he appreciates that life doesn鈥檛 stop, he has found meaning in using his wealth to try and alleviate the suffering of others (while enjoying the element of adventure), whether it is the poor of Africa or the 1st world problems of his companion the Doctor, Kurt.
Kurt is about to discover a version of suffering and misery worse than he came with, when they are hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden in the middle of the night and taken hostage. Transported inland, they are initially held in a cave, while their captors decide what to do with them and teach them a lesson or two in the meantime.
The men are moved and lose all sense of where they actually are, as they try to understand who is in charge and what is going on around them. When they meet fellow hostage Bruno, a Frenchman who has been living a nomadic existence in Africa for 40 years, they begin to understand the varying potential prices on their heads and fear for their survival. Despite his captivity, Bruno the 鈥榖orn again African鈥� Frenchman, refuses to let go of his love for Africa, countering every negative situation with an alternative view.
The hostage experience awakens a once dormant, now seething rage in the Doctor, an equivalent madness that has been roused for some time in his captors, as they trade insults, tirades of hatred and contempt revealing how similar they all are, despite their intent to exert superiority and dominance, each striving to rise above the other. They have worn their societal labels, been perceived, and practised as a Poet(the African) and a Doctor(the Westerner) yet in this unforgiving environment, they are reduced to their despicable worst, seeing the other as their nemesis, representing the worst of those stereotypes, they reduce each other to in their respective forms of bigotry, showing themselves equally capable of the worst man can do, given the circumstances.
It is a compelling story that provokes as many questions as it answers, that at times risks falling into the stereotypical traps it seeks to avert. The Doctor had no desire to travel to the African continent, he is there by accident, thus he represents the perspective of those who come by their views through media and external cultural perspectives and his violent experience would seem only to strengthen those views, though they are challenged by some of his later encounters.
Without giving the plot away, I conclude he learns little from his experience, he reverts to his former self, seeks a form of escape from his reality, another version of the life he had before. Perhaps this is what Khadra is getting at, whether it's a hostage experience, a safari trip or medical relief, that Westerners remain unchanged by their experience? Certainly tourism is rarely a life changing activity, but living in another country for more than 40 years might be.
We were puzzled by the suicide of the Doctor's wife and though a reason is proffered, there is little introspection on his part to understand his role in it. Did his subsequent journey transform his character in any way? His reaction on his return and unwillingness to explore it, suggest not.
On the reverse side of this equation, we witness the horror of hostage taking and the keeping of prisoners in horrid conditions, the anger and violence of men, the arid landscape, civilian brutalities, villagers on the run and a refugee camp. They a significant contrast to the part of Africa I have been in recently through Wangari Maathai鈥檚 autobiography, Unbowed, One Woman's Story, she inhabited a woman鈥檚 world in the beginning and then through education, the Kenyan elite. Her story does more to dispel the myths and stereotypes than anything else I have read so far. She may have been an exceptional woman, but I have no doubt there are many more like her, who could teach us a lot more about the Frenchman Bruno鈥檚 favourite and frequent quote:
My complete review .
Kurt Krausmann, a doctor living in Frankfurt, Germany met a beautiful woman while in Paris, both were there for work purposes, attending different conferences in the same hotel, seemingly wedded to their careers, they found each other and if we are to believe the doctor narrator, 10 years of contentedness followed.
Moments from the past now arrive unbidden, a mocking assurance as his illusion of bliss is permanently scarred the evening he arrives home to discover the loving (though recently tormented by he knows not what) Jessica, has committed suicide.
The doctor鈥檚 ritualistic, clinical, predictable life is turned upside down and he experiences extremes of emotion, the like of which he would normally only ever encounter in the detached manner he has of observing patients, those symptoms he has so often downplayed in others threaten to overwhelm him.
His friend Hans Mekkenroth, a wealthy philanthropist throws him a lifeline, suggesting he travel with him on one of his regular humanitarian missions, they will sail across the seas in his yacht to deliver supplies to the Comoros Isles.
Hans lost his wife Paula some years before and though there isn鈥檛 a day when he doesn鈥檛 miss her, he appreciates that life doesn鈥檛 stop, he has found meaning in using his wealth to try and alleviate the suffering of others (while enjoying the element of adventure), whether it is the poor of Africa or the 1st world problems of his companion the Doctor, Kurt.
Kurt is about to discover a version of suffering and misery worse than he came with, when they are hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden in the middle of the night and taken hostage. Transported inland, they are initially held in a cave, while their captors decide what to do with them and teach them a lesson or two in the meantime.
The men are moved and lose all sense of where they actually are, as they try to understand who is in charge and what is going on around them. When they meet fellow hostage Bruno, a Frenchman who has been living a nomadic existence in Africa for 40 years, they begin to understand the varying potential prices on their heads and fear for their survival. Despite his captivity, Bruno the 鈥榖orn again African鈥� Frenchman, refuses to let go of his love for Africa, countering every negative situation with an alternative view.
The hostage experience awakens a once dormant, now seething rage in the Doctor, an equivalent madness that has been roused for some time in his captors, as they trade insults, tirades of hatred and contempt revealing how similar they all are, despite their intent to exert superiority and dominance, each striving to rise above the other. They have worn their societal labels, been perceived, and practised as a Poet(the African) and a Doctor(the Westerner) yet in this unforgiving environment, they are reduced to their despicable worst, seeing the other as their nemesis, representing the worst of those stereotypes, they reduce each other to in their respective forms of bigotry, showing themselves equally capable of the worst man can do, given the circumstances.
It is a compelling story that provokes as many questions as it answers, that at times risks falling into the stereotypical traps it seeks to avert. The Doctor had no desire to travel to the African continent, he is there by accident, thus he represents the perspective of those who come by their views through media and external cultural perspectives and his violent experience would seem only to strengthen those views, though they are challenged by some of his later encounters.
Without giving the plot away, I conclude he learns little from his experience, he reverts to his former self, seeks a form of escape from his reality, another version of the life he had before. Perhaps this is what Khadra is getting at, whether it's a hostage experience, a safari trip or medical relief, that Westerners remain unchanged by their experience? Certainly tourism is rarely a life changing activity, but living in another country for more than 40 years might be.
We were puzzled by the suicide of the Doctor's wife and though a reason is proffered, there is little introspection on his part to understand his role in it. Did his subsequent journey transform his character in any way? His reaction on his return and unwillingness to explore it, suggest not.
On the reverse side of this equation, we witness the horror of hostage taking and the keeping of prisoners in horrid conditions, the anger and violence of men, the arid landscape, civilian brutalities, villagers on the run and a refugee camp. They a significant contrast to the part of Africa I have been in recently through Wangari Maathai鈥檚 autobiography, Unbowed, One Woman's Story, she inhabited a woman鈥檚 world in the beginning and then through education, the Kenyan elite. Her story does more to dispel the myths and stereotypes than anything else I have read so far. She may have been an exceptional woman, but I have no doubt there are many more like her, who could teach us a lot more about the Frenchman Bruno鈥檚 favourite and frequent quote:
鈥楾hat鈥檚 Africa, Monsieur Krausmann!鈥�
My complete review .
February 25, 2016
It was a solid 4 star read, a tale about a german doctor who's wife commits suicide and in bid to escape the tragedy goes on a trip with his friend to deliver aid to missions in Africa. Off the coast of Sudan their boat gets hijacked by pirates and they get taken and tortured in order to receive ransom for their return.
What I enjoyed(enjoyed is a strange word given the context) about the story was the way the main characters grief over his wife was dealt with and how he copes with the abuse he suffers at the hands of his kidnappers. How he comes to terms with everything that happens to him and in a way shows how everyone everywhere has to pick themselves up after tragedy or atrocities and continue living.
What I enjoyed(enjoyed is a strange word given the context) about the story was the way the main characters grief over his wife was dealt with and how he copes with the abuse he suffers at the hands of his kidnappers. How he comes to terms with everything that happens to him and in a way shows how everyone everywhere has to pick themselves up after tragedy or atrocities and continue living.
August 24, 2022
螝伪位蠈 伪位位维 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽伪谓 谓伪 位蔚委蟺慰蠀谓 慰喂 渭蔚纬伪位慰蟽蟿慰渭委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪-尉蔚蠂蔚喂位蠋谓慰蠀谓 蟿畏 蟺位慰魏萎
September 10, 2011
Livre in茅gal: quelques incoh茅rences, mais une formidable r茅flexion sur la vie, en tout cas qui me touche en ce moment.
"Vis chaque matin comme s'il 茅tait le premier
Et laisse au pass茅 ses remords et m茅faits
Vis chaque soir comme s'il 茅tait le dernier
Car nul ne sait de quoi demain sera fait."
"Vis chaque matin comme s'il 茅tait le premier
Et laisse au pass茅 ses remords et m茅faits
Vis chaque soir comme s'il 茅tait le dernier
Car nul ne sait de quoi demain sera fait."
July 30, 2015
Opini茫o no Blog:
March 22, 2021
韦慰 尾喂尾位委慰 尉蔚魏喂谓维蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪蠀蟿慰魏蟿慰谓委伪 蟿畏蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蔚魏蔚委 蟺慰蠀 位蔚蟼 蟿喂 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蟽蠀渭尾蔚委,尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 蠈渭畏蟻慰蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 螒蠁蟻喂魏萎! "螚 螒蠁蟻喂魏萎 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 魏维蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 尾位苇蟺蔚喂 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 伪位位维 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 谓喂蠋胃蔚喂,蟿慰 慰蟽渭委味蔚蟿伪喂" 魏伪喂 "畏 蠁喂位委伪 渭伪蟼 蟽渭喂位蔚蠉蟿畏魏蔚 渭蔚 蟺蠈谓慰 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 蟺慰蟿苇 谓伪 未喂伪位蠀胃蔚喂" 蔚委谓伪喂 蟽畏渭蔚委伪 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 苇魏伪谓伪谓 魏伪喂 未维魏蟻蠀蟽伪 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼..纬喂伪 蠂维蟻畏 蔚谓蠈蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀 谓伪 胃苇位蔚喂蟼 谓伪 纬蠀蟻委蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺委蟽蠅 "苇蟻蠂慰渭伪喂" 蠈蟽慰喂 蟿慰 苇蠂慰蠀谓 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 魏伪蟿伪位伪尾伪委谓慰蠀谓 蠈蟽伪 苇纬蟻伪蠄伪,蠈蟽慰喂 未蔚谓 蟿慰 未喂维尾伪蟽伪谓 胃蔚蠅蟻蠋 蠈蟿喂 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 蟿慰 伪谓伪味畏蟿萎蟽慰蠀谓!
January 22, 2023
Yasmina Khadra is always a delight to read, even though he deals with some of the most horrific topics around. This book was not an exception. I didn't like the main character - I thought he was up himself, self involved, and casually racist. However Khadra made me turn page after page trying to see what happened.
It's a story of loss, kidnapping, and reconciliation both within oneself and with an entire continent.
It's a story of loss, kidnapping, and reconciliation both within oneself and with an entire continent.
May 8, 2024
Vraiment incroyable je l'ai fini en quelques heures tellement c'茅tait int茅ressant. C'est super bien 茅crit et on a l'impression d'锚tre dans le livre tellement les pens茅es des personnages sont d茅taill茅es et tout. Je recommande 脿 100%
December 28, 2012
Yasmina Khadra 茅, para mim, a grande revela莽茫o de 2012.
Embora j谩 tivesse ouvido falar de alguns dos seus romances, sobretudo as 鈥淎ndorinhas de Cabul鈥�, confesso que pouco interesse me havia despertado os livros deste autor argelino, at茅 que me deparei com a obra 鈥淥 que o Dia Deve 脿 Noite鈥� e fiquei rendido 脿 sua escrita sublime e, principalmente, 脿 sua capacidade de enlevo que apenas os Grandes Escritores, aqueles que nasceram com o Dom da escrita, possuem.
Cada Dia 茅 Um Milagre (no original 鈥淟'茅quation africaine鈥�), 茅 o seu mais recente romance e tem a m茫o do g茅nio, o enlevo que nos embala por uma narrativa bel铆ssima, mas igualmente crua e nua que mostra a ess锚ncia do Continente africano, a viol锚ncia do quotidiano que o mestre Yasmina vai pincelando numa tela que os nossos olhos v茫o apreciando com horror, hipnotizados pela magia que cada palavra encerra.
E o principal personagem 茅 mesmo 脕frica.
A 脕frica de Yasmina Khadra que nos entra alma dentro 谩vida de ser ouvida, 茅 como um grito lancinante de sonhos perdidos, projectos inacabados, de contrastes infames, um futuro adiado cujos respons谩veis s茫o aqueles que juraram governar em nome do povo mas que fecham os olhos e at茅 contribuem no selv谩tico despojo di谩rio a que a gente simples, rude do povo est谩 sujeita sem poder reagir, sem qualquer tipo de defesa do que aquelas ajudas humanit谩rias que diariamente assistimos pela televis茫o no conforto do nosso lar. Uma 脕frica onde a vida humana vale tanto como um gr茫o de areia de qualquer deserto in贸spito.
E 茅 isso que Yasmina nos mostra de uma forma quase surrealista.
Tudo se inicia com um suic铆dio que eu considero a pr贸pria contra-met谩fora do que a partir da铆 se vai desenrolar. Mais 脿 frente, o autor cogita sobre o assunto e refere, como 茅 poss铆vel, algu茅m que tudo tem, um bom marido, dinheiro na conta banc谩ria, sa煤de, amigos e fam铆lia, suicidar-se por uma quest茫o sup茅rflua?
Kurt Krausmann v锚-se num turbilh茫o de emo莽玫es e desgostos. Sem saber bem o que fazer da sua vida, resolve aceitar o convite do seu amigo de longa data, o milion谩rio e benfeitor Hans, numa viagem humanit谩ria 脿s Comores.
No entanto e j谩 em 谩guas internacionais, o veleiro 茅 atacado por piratas e inicia-se a铆 um trajecto feito de humilha莽玫es e viol锚ncia, mas igualmente um trajecto de descoberta de uma 脕frica completamente desconhecida, mas tamb茅m um processo de autodescoberta que ir谩 mudar para sempre a vida de Kurt.
Embora seja 脕frica o centro do livro, todo o livro acaba por ser tamb茅m uma intensa reflex茫o sobre a natureza humana e a forma como o local e as circunst芒ncias moldam essa natureza, a forma impressionante como o ser humano se adapta a qualquer condi莽茫o. Ou seja, sobressai que cada ser humano s贸 茅 diferente entre si pelo seu passado que lhe moldou as caracter铆sticas, pelo meio onde vive e o que observa. Por outro lado, o livro 茅 tamb茅m um hino 脿 vida e 脿 import芒ncia que pequenas coisas, que n茫o damos valor, podem ter na nossa vida e o qu茫o importante se tornam quando n茫o as temos. Isso sente-se de uma forma muito violenta aquando do suic铆dio que marca o in铆cio do livro e que se vai sentindo ao longo de toda a obra.
S茫o estes os dois principais pilares da obra que o autor nunca deixa cair.
No entanto, em contraposto, o autor tamb茅m desenvolve uma mensagem de esperan莽a, n茫o s贸 para 脕frica, como tamb茅m para o g茅nero humano que, no fundo, sabe ser generoso, sabe perdoar e fazer o bem ao seu semelhante. H谩 um personagem que 茅 a s铆ntese desse paradigma e, mesmo sendo apresentado aos nossos olhos como o monstro que exemplifica a viol锚ncia em 脕frica, acaba por se tornar, ele pr贸prio, o exemplo da moldagem humana segundo as circunst芒ncias.
Um livro fascinante que me comoveu pelos seus contrastes e pela forma como me fez meditar no bem e no mal, no sup茅rfluo e no essencial, na alegria e riqueza de estar vivo e de sa煤de num local apraz铆vel que me fornece estabilidade e condi莽玫es para viver com dignidade.
Mais uma obra bel铆ssima e envolvente de um escritor que muito aprecio.
Embora j谩 tivesse ouvido falar de alguns dos seus romances, sobretudo as 鈥淎ndorinhas de Cabul鈥�, confesso que pouco interesse me havia despertado os livros deste autor argelino, at茅 que me deparei com a obra 鈥淥 que o Dia Deve 脿 Noite鈥� e fiquei rendido 脿 sua escrita sublime e, principalmente, 脿 sua capacidade de enlevo que apenas os Grandes Escritores, aqueles que nasceram com o Dom da escrita, possuem.
Cada Dia 茅 Um Milagre (no original 鈥淟'茅quation africaine鈥�), 茅 o seu mais recente romance e tem a m茫o do g茅nio, o enlevo que nos embala por uma narrativa bel铆ssima, mas igualmente crua e nua que mostra a ess锚ncia do Continente africano, a viol锚ncia do quotidiano que o mestre Yasmina vai pincelando numa tela que os nossos olhos v茫o apreciando com horror, hipnotizados pela magia que cada palavra encerra.
E o principal personagem 茅 mesmo 脕frica.
A 脕frica de Yasmina Khadra que nos entra alma dentro 谩vida de ser ouvida, 茅 como um grito lancinante de sonhos perdidos, projectos inacabados, de contrastes infames, um futuro adiado cujos respons谩veis s茫o aqueles que juraram governar em nome do povo mas que fecham os olhos e at茅 contribuem no selv谩tico despojo di谩rio a que a gente simples, rude do povo est谩 sujeita sem poder reagir, sem qualquer tipo de defesa do que aquelas ajudas humanit谩rias que diariamente assistimos pela televis茫o no conforto do nosso lar. Uma 脕frica onde a vida humana vale tanto como um gr茫o de areia de qualquer deserto in贸spito.
E 茅 isso que Yasmina nos mostra de uma forma quase surrealista.
Tudo se inicia com um suic铆dio que eu considero a pr贸pria contra-met谩fora do que a partir da铆 se vai desenrolar. Mais 脿 frente, o autor cogita sobre o assunto e refere, como 茅 poss铆vel, algu茅m que tudo tem, um bom marido, dinheiro na conta banc谩ria, sa煤de, amigos e fam铆lia, suicidar-se por uma quest茫o sup茅rflua?
Kurt Krausmann v锚-se num turbilh茫o de emo莽玫es e desgostos. Sem saber bem o que fazer da sua vida, resolve aceitar o convite do seu amigo de longa data, o milion谩rio e benfeitor Hans, numa viagem humanit谩ria 脿s Comores.
No entanto e j谩 em 谩guas internacionais, o veleiro 茅 atacado por piratas e inicia-se a铆 um trajecto feito de humilha莽玫es e viol锚ncia, mas igualmente um trajecto de descoberta de uma 脕frica completamente desconhecida, mas tamb茅m um processo de autodescoberta que ir谩 mudar para sempre a vida de Kurt.
Embora seja 脕frica o centro do livro, todo o livro acaba por ser tamb茅m uma intensa reflex茫o sobre a natureza humana e a forma como o local e as circunst芒ncias moldam essa natureza, a forma impressionante como o ser humano se adapta a qualquer condi莽茫o. Ou seja, sobressai que cada ser humano s贸 茅 diferente entre si pelo seu passado que lhe moldou as caracter铆sticas, pelo meio onde vive e o que observa. Por outro lado, o livro 茅 tamb茅m um hino 脿 vida e 脿 import芒ncia que pequenas coisas, que n茫o damos valor, podem ter na nossa vida e o qu茫o importante se tornam quando n茫o as temos. Isso sente-se de uma forma muito violenta aquando do suic铆dio que marca o in铆cio do livro e que se vai sentindo ao longo de toda a obra.
S茫o estes os dois principais pilares da obra que o autor nunca deixa cair.
No entanto, em contraposto, o autor tamb茅m desenvolve uma mensagem de esperan莽a, n茫o s贸 para 脕frica, como tamb茅m para o g茅nero humano que, no fundo, sabe ser generoso, sabe perdoar e fazer o bem ao seu semelhante. H谩 um personagem que 茅 a s铆ntese desse paradigma e, mesmo sendo apresentado aos nossos olhos como o monstro que exemplifica a viol锚ncia em 脕frica, acaba por se tornar, ele pr贸prio, o exemplo da moldagem humana segundo as circunst芒ncias.
Um livro fascinante que me comoveu pelos seus contrastes e pela forma como me fez meditar no bem e no mal, no sup茅rfluo e no essencial, na alegria e riqueza de estar vivo e de sa煤de num local apraz铆vel que me fornece estabilidade e condi莽玫es para viver com dignidade.
Mais uma obra bel铆ssima e envolvente de um escritor que muito aprecio.
September 5, 2012
Mon impression initiale (n茅gative) concernant ce livre n'a fait que se renforcer au fil de ma lecture tout en diminuant, m锚me si cela peut para卯tre paradoxal.
J'adore g茅n茅ralement les 茅crits de Khadra, et je ne suis pas de ceux qui ne jurent que par son Quatuor alg茅rien. J'ai 茅norm茅ment aim茅 des oeuvres plus r茅centes comme "Ce que le jour doit 脿 la nuit", par exemple. M锚me "L'Olympe des infortunes" qui (arr锚tez-moi si je me trompe) n'a pas 茅t茅 tr猫s bien re莽u a trouv茅 gr芒ce 脿 mes yeux.
Mais je consid猫re que beaucoup de choses sonnent faux dans "L'茅quation africaine". La 1e partie du livre (divis茅 en 3 parties)m'a particuli猫rement d茅plu. Notamment les dialogues, que j'ai trouv茅s plats et forc茅s. J'ai eu le sentiment que l'茅criture ne faisait qu'effleurer la surface des choses, qu'elle expliquait (trop longuement d'ailleurs) les choses au lieu de les montrer ou de simplement les sugg茅rer. Je ne suis pas entr茅e dans la peau de Kurt, le personnage principal. Si Khadra reste 脿 mes yeux une grande plume, je trouve que son style s'essouffle ici. Trop de facilit茅s, de phrases pas aussi cisel茅es que ce 脿 quoi l'auteur nous avait habitu茅s.
Le reste du livre souffre 脿 mon sens des m锚mes d茅fauts. Beaucoup de verbiage qui se veut introspection mais ne d茅passe pas le stade des v茅rit茅s g茅n茅rales un peu vaseuses. Du coup, il en ressort un manque d'authenticit茅, de fra卯cheur, alors que, pour moi, Khadra avait jusque-l脿 茅t茅 un ma卯tre en la mati猫re. Il savait insuffler 茅norm茅ment de profondeur 脿 ses personnages, il les rendait vraiment palpables, vrais.
Cela 茅tant dit, plus l'histoire progressait, plus je me suis laiss茅e prendre 脿 ses filets, je l'avoue. Je dresse un tableau tr猫s sombre de ce livre, et ma note peut sembler tr猫s dure, mais attention : "L'茅quation africaine" n'en reste pas moins un ouvrage d'honn锚te facture qui, je n'en doute pas, a la facult茅 d'茅mouvoir, de choquer, d'enseigner quelque chose etc.
Mais 茅tant donn茅 la nature dramatique de l'intrigue, les sujets durs qui sont abord茅s, j'esp茅rais plus de flamboyance; je m'attendais 脿 un chef-d'oeuvre digne de Khadra et 脿 la hauteur des enjeux cruciaux qu'il 茅voque.
J'adore g茅n茅ralement les 茅crits de Khadra, et je ne suis pas de ceux qui ne jurent que par son Quatuor alg茅rien. J'ai 茅norm茅ment aim茅 des oeuvres plus r茅centes comme "Ce que le jour doit 脿 la nuit", par exemple. M锚me "L'Olympe des infortunes" qui (arr锚tez-moi si je me trompe) n'a pas 茅t茅 tr猫s bien re莽u a trouv茅 gr芒ce 脿 mes yeux.
Mais je consid猫re que beaucoup de choses sonnent faux dans "L'茅quation africaine". La 1e partie du livre (divis茅 en 3 parties)m'a particuli猫rement d茅plu. Notamment les dialogues, que j'ai trouv茅s plats et forc茅s. J'ai eu le sentiment que l'茅criture ne faisait qu'effleurer la surface des choses, qu'elle expliquait (trop longuement d'ailleurs) les choses au lieu de les montrer ou de simplement les sugg茅rer. Je ne suis pas entr茅e dans la peau de Kurt, le personnage principal. Si Khadra reste 脿 mes yeux une grande plume, je trouve que son style s'essouffle ici. Trop de facilit茅s, de phrases pas aussi cisel茅es que ce 脿 quoi l'auteur nous avait habitu茅s.
Le reste du livre souffre 脿 mon sens des m锚mes d茅fauts. Beaucoup de verbiage qui se veut introspection mais ne d茅passe pas le stade des v茅rit茅s g茅n茅rales un peu vaseuses. Du coup, il en ressort un manque d'authenticit茅, de fra卯cheur, alors que, pour moi, Khadra avait jusque-l脿 茅t茅 un ma卯tre en la mati猫re. Il savait insuffler 茅norm茅ment de profondeur 脿 ses personnages, il les rendait vraiment palpables, vrais.
Cela 茅tant dit, plus l'histoire progressait, plus je me suis laiss茅e prendre 脿 ses filets, je l'avoue. Je dresse un tableau tr猫s sombre de ce livre, et ma note peut sembler tr猫s dure, mais attention : "L'茅quation africaine" n'en reste pas moins un ouvrage d'honn锚te facture qui, je n'en doute pas, a la facult茅 d'茅mouvoir, de choquer, d'enseigner quelque chose etc.
Mais 茅tant donn茅 la nature dramatique de l'intrigue, les sujets durs qui sont abord茅s, j'esp茅rais plus de flamboyance; je m'attendais 脿 un chef-d'oeuvre digne de Khadra et 脿 la hauteur des enjeux cruciaux qu'il 茅voque.
December 21, 2021
Comment revenir 脿 la normal apr猫s un deuil cruel, un choc culturel, le serment d鈥橦ypocrate bafou茅, un assassinat sans justification! Se nourrir de haine pour pouvoir survivre!
Il est dit qu鈥檌l faut revisiter l鈥橝frique plusieurs fois pour ne pas 锚tre une gourde!
Cette terre Sainte qu鈥檌l faut vivre pour mieux la ressentir! Une invitation 脿 nous 茅clairer que parfois le luxe est notre propre d茅ch茅ance o霉 comprendre qu鈥檌l y a pas d鈥檈nfer sur terre, juste des d茅mons!
C鈥檈st entre Djibouti & Somalie que Kurt un m茅decin g茅n茅raliste veuf de quelques semaines & son ami Hans bienfaiteur humanitaire quitte Frankfurt pour l鈥橝frique et se font enlever par la bande de Moussa qui est dirig茅 pas Joma, un tyran sans scrupule du jugement dernier! Malgr茅 l鈥檃ide d鈥檜n Blackmoon le sou fifre de Joma, c鈥檈st une descente tout droit aux enfers o霉 ils apprennent que c鈥檈st l鈥櫭﹖ranger qui est reconnu comme un sauvage dans une terre d鈥檃ccueil!
De ce p茅riple ils rencontreront Bruno un Fran莽ais 茅tabli sur les terres depuis bient么t 40ans et que malgr茅 les conditions il y a pas mieux comme paradis sur terre que la M猫re de toutes les nations!
Kurt devra apprendre 脿 conjuguer avec le temps et comprendre que le regret est un 茅tat d鈥櫭e, et le remord est un cas de conscience. Et que parfois le silence est le plus cruel support de la panique!
馃馃従馃馃従馃馃従馃馃従/5
Auteur/// Yasmina Khadra
Nombre de page ///349
Genre/// Drame
Il est dit qu鈥檌l faut revisiter l鈥橝frique plusieurs fois pour ne pas 锚tre une gourde!
Cette terre Sainte qu鈥檌l faut vivre pour mieux la ressentir! Une invitation 脿 nous 茅clairer que parfois le luxe est notre propre d茅ch茅ance o霉 comprendre qu鈥檌l y a pas d鈥檈nfer sur terre, juste des d茅mons!
C鈥檈st entre Djibouti & Somalie que Kurt un m茅decin g茅n茅raliste veuf de quelques semaines & son ami Hans bienfaiteur humanitaire quitte Frankfurt pour l鈥橝frique et se font enlever par la bande de Moussa qui est dirig茅 pas Joma, un tyran sans scrupule du jugement dernier! Malgr茅 l鈥檃ide d鈥檜n Blackmoon le sou fifre de Joma, c鈥檈st une descente tout droit aux enfers o霉 ils apprennent que c鈥檈st l鈥櫭﹖ranger qui est reconnu comme un sauvage dans une terre d鈥檃ccueil!
De ce p茅riple ils rencontreront Bruno un Fran莽ais 茅tabli sur les terres depuis bient么t 40ans et que malgr茅 les conditions il y a pas mieux comme paradis sur terre que la M猫re de toutes les nations!
Kurt devra apprendre 脿 conjuguer avec le temps et comprendre que le regret est un 茅tat d鈥櫭e, et le remord est un cas de conscience. Et que parfois le silence est le plus cruel support de la panique!
馃馃従馃馃従馃馃従馃馃従/5
Auteur/// Yasmina Khadra
Nombre de page ///349
Genre/// Drame
December 7, 2015
It鈥檚 been a long time since I was last so disappointed in a book. I really, really disliked this one.
To begin with, the writing is not at all gripping. The entire story is told in first-person past-tense, which makes it sound like a bad memoir rather than a thrilling tale.
The characters 鈥� all of them 鈥� are exceedingly flat. I felt zero attachment to any of them. They weren鈥檛 even interesting. In fact, they were all horribly stereotypical. This book is an exercise in stereotypes.
The book is strewn with the kind of African stereotypes so many Africans are desperately trying to destroy. It paints Africans with one brush, and consistently addresses Africa as a single country. Khadra being North African himself is no excuse for perpetuating inaccuracies of this continent and its countries.
Usually I can find enough good in a book to make a nice 鈥渃ompliment sandwich鈥� but I really couldn鈥檛 find anything good in this one, so I鈥檒l just stop here.
Disclaimer: I received a free eARC from the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
To begin with, the writing is not at all gripping. The entire story is told in first-person past-tense, which makes it sound like a bad memoir rather than a thrilling tale.
The characters 鈥� all of them 鈥� are exceedingly flat. I felt zero attachment to any of them. They weren鈥檛 even interesting. In fact, they were all horribly stereotypical. This book is an exercise in stereotypes.
The book is strewn with the kind of African stereotypes so many Africans are desperately trying to destroy. It paints Africans with one brush, and consistently addresses Africa as a single country. Khadra being North African himself is no excuse for perpetuating inaccuracies of this continent and its countries.
Usually I can find enough good in a book to make a nice 鈥渃ompliment sandwich鈥� but I really couldn鈥檛 find anything good in this one, so I鈥檒l just stop here.
Disclaimer: I received a free eARC from the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
January 25, 2020
Autour d'une prise d'otage en Somalie, une histoire dramatique se na卯t pour d茅voiler l'芒me de l'Afrique.
Une histoire qui oscille entre suspens et aventure; et se finit par 脿 un passage de l'existence ordinaire 脿 la vie.
Une histoire qui oscille entre suspens et aventure; et se finit par 脿 un passage de l'existence ordinaire 脿 la vie.
February 8, 2023
2.5 鈽�
May 13, 2025
螘蟺喂蟿苇位慰蠀蟼 尾喂尾位委慰 渭蔚 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎 胃蔚渭伪蟿慰位慰纬委伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 蟽蠀谓畏胃喂蟽渭苇谓伪. 螒蟺蠈 蟿畏 渭委伪 畏 伪喂蠂渭伪位蠅蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎 蟽蔚 魏维蟺慰喂慰 蟽畏渭蔚委慰 蟿畏蟼 螒蠁蟻喂魏萎蟼, 慰喂 魏伪魏慰蠀蠂委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 畏 伪蟺蔚位蟺喂蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻维蠁慰谓蟿伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 蟺伪蟻伪蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏维 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 维位位畏 慰喂 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓蔚蟼 蟽蠂苇蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 伪谓伪蟺蟿蠉蟽蟽慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 蟿喂蟼 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏维 未蠉蟽魏慰位蔚蟼 蟽蠀谓胃萎魏蔚蟼 蔚蟺喂尾委蠅蟽畏蟼, 渭蔚 伪蟺慰蟻蟻蠈蠁畏蟽伪谓 蟺位萎蟻蠅蟼.
韦慰 蔚蠀蠂伪蟻喂蟽蟿萎胃畏魏伪 蟺慰位蠉 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 蟿慰 蠂维蟻畏魏伪. 螤慰位蠉 蠅蟻伪委伪 苇渭蟺谓蔚蠀蟽畏, 魏伪位慰纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓慰 , 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻慰, 蔚谓委慰蟿蔚 尾伪胃喂维 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠈, 蟽委纬慰蠀蟻伪 苇蠂蔚喂 纬蔚蟻苇蟼 未蠈蟽蔚喂蟼 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪蟼 渭苇蟽伪.
韦慰 蔚蠀蠂伪蟻喂蟽蟿萎胃畏魏伪 蟺慰位蠉 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 蟿慰 蠂维蟻畏魏伪. 螤慰位蠉 蠅蟻伪委伪 苇渭蟺谓蔚蠀蟽畏, 魏伪位慰纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓慰 , 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻慰, 蔚谓委慰蟿蔚 尾伪胃喂维 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠈, 蟽委纬慰蠀蟻伪 苇蠂蔚喂 纬蔚蟻苇蟼 未蠈蟽蔚喂蟼 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪蟼 渭苇蟽伪.
November 1, 2022
Experi锚ncias de perda, viol锚ncia, dor, luto, desorienta莽茫o. Final totalmente previs铆vel (e uma desilus茫o) mas uma grande viagem pelo car谩cter humano.
January 2, 2013
Autour d'un ph茅nom猫ne dramatique - les prises d'otages r茅currentes au large de la Somalie -, Yasmina Khadra, au sommet de son art, construit un roman 茅blouissant, qui m锚le suspense, r茅cit d'aventures et histoire d'amour enfi茅vr茅e.
M茅decin 脿 Francfort, Kurt Krausmann m猫ne une existence ordinaire, limit茅e 脿 ses allers-retours entre son cabinet de consultation et son appartement bourgeois. Jusqu'au drame familial qui va le pr茅cipiter dans le d茅sespoir. Afin de l'aider 脿 surmonter son chagrin, son meilleur ami, Hans, un riche homme d'affaires vers茅 dans l'humanitaire, lui propose de l'emmener sur son voilier jusque dans les Comores, pour les besoins d'une bonne cause. Au large des c么tes somaliennes, leur bateau est assailli par des pirates. Kurt et Hans sont enlev茅s puis transf茅r茅s dans un campement clandestin. Dans leur ge么le improvis茅e, se trouve d茅j脿 Bruno, un otage fran莽ais que tout le monde semble avoir oubli茅, et qui tente p茅niblement de concilier sa passion pour le continent africain avec l'angoisse de sa captivit茅. Une d茅tention 脿 l'issue incertaine, des conditions de vie innommables, une promiscuit茅 dangereuse avec des mercenaires sans piti茅, c'est le d茅but d'une descente aux enfers dont personne ne sortira indemne. Mais parce que le drame est propice aux revirements de situation, c'est aussi pour Kurt le d茅but d'une grande histoire d'amour.
En nous offrant ce voyage saisissant de r茅alisme, qui nous transporte, de la Somalie au Soudan, dans une Afrique orientale aux multiples contradictions - tour 脿 tour effrayante, irrationnelle, sage, fi猫re, digne et infiniment courageuse -, Yasmina Khadra confirme une fois encore son immense talent de narrateur. Construit et men茅 de main de ma卯tre, ce roman d茅crit la lente et irr茅versible transformation d'un Europ茅en, dont les yeux vont, peu 脿 peu, s'ouvrir 脿 la r茅alit茅 d'un monde jusqu'alors inconnu de lui. Un hymne 脿 la grandeur d'un continent livr茅 aux pires calamit茅s.
M茅decin 脿 Francfort, Kurt Krausmann m猫ne une existence ordinaire, limit茅e 脿 ses allers-retours entre son cabinet de consultation et son appartement bourgeois. Jusqu'au drame familial qui va le pr茅cipiter dans le d茅sespoir. Afin de l'aider 脿 surmonter son chagrin, son meilleur ami, Hans, un riche homme d'affaires vers茅 dans l'humanitaire, lui propose de l'emmener sur son voilier jusque dans les Comores, pour les besoins d'une bonne cause. Au large des c么tes somaliennes, leur bateau est assailli par des pirates. Kurt et Hans sont enlev茅s puis transf茅r茅s dans un campement clandestin. Dans leur ge么le improvis茅e, se trouve d茅j脿 Bruno, un otage fran莽ais que tout le monde semble avoir oubli茅, et qui tente p茅niblement de concilier sa passion pour le continent africain avec l'angoisse de sa captivit茅. Une d茅tention 脿 l'issue incertaine, des conditions de vie innommables, une promiscuit茅 dangereuse avec des mercenaires sans piti茅, c'est le d茅but d'une descente aux enfers dont personne ne sortira indemne. Mais parce que le drame est propice aux revirements de situation, c'est aussi pour Kurt le d茅but d'une grande histoire d'amour.
En nous offrant ce voyage saisissant de r茅alisme, qui nous transporte, de la Somalie au Soudan, dans une Afrique orientale aux multiples contradictions - tour 脿 tour effrayante, irrationnelle, sage, fi猫re, digne et infiniment courageuse -, Yasmina Khadra confirme une fois encore son immense talent de narrateur. Construit et men茅 de main de ma卯tre, ce roman d茅crit la lente et irr茅versible transformation d'un Europ茅en, dont les yeux vont, peu 脿 peu, s'ouvrir 脿 la r茅alit茅 d'un monde jusqu'alors inconnu de lui. Un hymne 脿 la grandeur d'un continent livr茅 aux pires calamit茅s.
September 3, 2012
Esta 茅 uma hist贸ria que tem como pano de fundo o drama.
Kurt (personagem principal) acaba por perder a sua esposa (por suic铆dio). Seu amigo Hans na tentativa de o ajudar, convence-o a partir no veleiro com ele. O que acontece 茅 que depois ambos s茫o sequestrados e Hans o seu amigo, 茅 assassinado.
Este livro temos por um lado duas vis玫es que n茫o s茫o mais do que duas escolhas, ou por outras palavras, duas op莽玫es. A primeira prende-se com o desistir da vida, em vez de lutar e arrega莽ar as mangas. A segunda assenta na persist锚ncia, no viver a vida encarando cada dia como um milagre - da铆 o titulo "Cada dia 茅 um milagre".
As duas personagens que me tocaram neste livro foram Hans e Kurt pelo facto de assentarem a sua perspectiva de vida na segunda op莽茫o: "Porque est谩s triste? .... N茫o devias. S贸 os mortos est茫o tristes porque n茫o podem levantar-se."
Toda a ac莽茫o assim como as cenas s茫o muito bem conseguidas. Permitindo ao leitor viajar tamb茅m por 脕frica e viver intensamente esta hist贸ria.
Presenteio-vos com as frases que me tocaram neste livro: " Vive cada manh茫 como se fosse a primeira/ E deixa ao passado os remorsos e as m谩s ac莽玫es,/ Vive cada noite como se fosse a 煤ltima/ Porque ningu茅m sabe de que ser谩 feito o amanh茫"
Recomendo este magnifico livro :)
Kurt (personagem principal) acaba por perder a sua esposa (por suic铆dio). Seu amigo Hans na tentativa de o ajudar, convence-o a partir no veleiro com ele. O que acontece 茅 que depois ambos s茫o sequestrados e Hans o seu amigo, 茅 assassinado.
Este livro temos por um lado duas vis玫es que n茫o s茫o mais do que duas escolhas, ou por outras palavras, duas op莽玫es. A primeira prende-se com o desistir da vida, em vez de lutar e arrega莽ar as mangas. A segunda assenta na persist锚ncia, no viver a vida encarando cada dia como um milagre - da铆 o titulo "Cada dia 茅 um milagre".
As duas personagens que me tocaram neste livro foram Hans e Kurt pelo facto de assentarem a sua perspectiva de vida na segunda op莽茫o: "Porque est谩s triste? .... N茫o devias. S贸 os mortos est茫o tristes porque n茫o podem levantar-se."
Toda a ac莽茫o assim como as cenas s茫o muito bem conseguidas. Permitindo ao leitor viajar tamb茅m por 脕frica e viver intensamente esta hist贸ria.
Presenteio-vos com as frases que me tocaram neste livro: " Vive cada manh茫 como se fosse a primeira/ E deixa ao passado os remorsos e as m谩s ac莽玫es,/ Vive cada noite como se fosse a 煤ltima/ Porque ningu茅m sabe de que ser谩 feito o amanh茫"
Recomendo este magnifico livro :)
December 20, 2015
Another good book by Yasmina Khadra, this time we don't dwell with Muslims but with African pirates and kidnappers. The story of Kurt doesn't take a long span of time but it's so dense that it seems a bigger book than 300 pages more or less. The complications of a marriage life, the need to help, the delusion of knowing our spouse so well to remain astonish when something incredible happens. All this topics and more in this novel that gives a lot of food for thoughts.
Un altro bel libro di Yasmina Khadra, ma stavolta non abbiamo a che fare con i mussulmani, quanto piuttosto con i pirati somali, guerriglieri e rapitori. La storia di questo libro non prende tanto tempo ma 茅 cos铆 densa che non sembra di aver letto solo 300 pagine (pi煤 o meno). Le complicazioni della vita matrimoniale, il bisogno di aiutare chi ne ha bisogno, l'illusione di conoscere il nostro coniuge cos铆 bene che quando succede l'incredibile non riusciamo ad accettarlo. Tutti questi argomenti e molti di pi煤 in questo libro che offre veramente molti spunti di riflessione.
THANKS TO NETGALLEY AND GALLIC BOOK FOR THE PREVIEW!
Un altro bel libro di Yasmina Khadra, ma stavolta non abbiamo a che fare con i mussulmani, quanto piuttosto con i pirati somali, guerriglieri e rapitori. La storia di questo libro non prende tanto tempo ma 茅 cos铆 densa che non sembra di aver letto solo 300 pagine (pi煤 o meno). Le complicazioni della vita matrimoniale, il bisogno di aiutare chi ne ha bisogno, l'illusione di conoscere il nostro coniuge cos铆 bene che quando succede l'incredibile non riusciamo ad accettarlo. Tutti questi argomenti e molti di pi煤 in questo libro che offre veramente molti spunti di riflessione.
THANKS TO NETGALLEY AND GALLIC BOOK FOR THE PREVIEW!
August 13, 2017
L'Africa ad uso e consumo degli occidentali?
Mi ha stupito il pensiero che l'autore di questo romanzo sia arabo, perch茅 l'Africa descritta nella rocambolesca avventura di Kurt, medico tedesco rimasto vedovo e preso in ostaggio in Darfur, pare proprio vista da un occidentale -in effetti 猫 coerente con il punto di vista del protagonista, ma 猫 una narrazione povera di contenuti. C'猫 un miscuglio di elementi che piacciono tanto alla cronaca: il sequestro di bianchi, i pirati in acque internazionali, il mercato degli ostaggi, i saccheggi e la fame nelle profondit脿 dei villaggi africani. Manca per貌 del collante, un qualcosa in pi霉 che renda credibile Kurt che non sembra farsi toccare da nulla e alla fine supera tutto magicamente: il rapimento, le violenze, il lutto della moglie, e se ne torna dritto in Sudan tra le braccia di una dottoressa della Croce Rossa. L'intero romanzo mi ha dato un'impressione di superficialit脿, credo che l'autore abbia scritto di molto meglio e di essere partita dall'opera sbagliata.
*scrivevo questo nel 2015. Successivamente di Khadra ho letto "L'attentato" e ho capito che avevo ragione ad aspettarmi molto pi霉 di questo romanzo da lui!
Mi ha stupito il pensiero che l'autore di questo romanzo sia arabo, perch茅 l'Africa descritta nella rocambolesca avventura di Kurt, medico tedesco rimasto vedovo e preso in ostaggio in Darfur, pare proprio vista da un occidentale -in effetti 猫 coerente con il punto di vista del protagonista, ma 猫 una narrazione povera di contenuti. C'猫 un miscuglio di elementi che piacciono tanto alla cronaca: il sequestro di bianchi, i pirati in acque internazionali, il mercato degli ostaggi, i saccheggi e la fame nelle profondit脿 dei villaggi africani. Manca per貌 del collante, un qualcosa in pi霉 che renda credibile Kurt che non sembra farsi toccare da nulla e alla fine supera tutto magicamente: il rapimento, le violenze, il lutto della moglie, e se ne torna dritto in Sudan tra le braccia di una dottoressa della Croce Rossa. L'intero romanzo mi ha dato un'impressione di superficialit脿, credo che l'autore abbia scritto di molto meglio e di essere partita dall'opera sbagliata.
*scrivevo questo nel 2015. Successivamente di Khadra ho letto "L'attentato" e ho capito che avevo ragione ad aspettarmi molto pi霉 di questo romanzo da lui!
April 9, 2020
N鈥檕ubliez pas ce que je vous ai dit, Kurt. Qui voit l鈥橝frique une seule fois dans sa vie mourra borgne.
Possibly the most poetic and articulate contemporary French writing I have encountered in a long while, Khadra's story is a physical and psychological marathon. Having lost his wife, Kurt sails on a humanitarian mission but is cut short in his tracks as his vessel is intercepted by kidnappers somewhere along the coast of East Africa. His psychological voyage through captivity is as much a metaphor of his new painful condition as a widower as an indictment of the African man, and his lack of humanity, a result of his exposure to destructive forces on the continent. The scenery of death,听 desolation and violence, of utter hopelessness, hunger and brutality makes up the majority of this work, sandwiched in between two stories of love. Harrowing frustrating and very slow, this novel is at one linguistically brilliant and fictionally fragmented.
Possibly the most poetic and articulate contemporary French writing I have encountered in a long while, Khadra's story is a physical and psychological marathon. Having lost his wife, Kurt sails on a humanitarian mission but is cut short in his tracks as his vessel is intercepted by kidnappers somewhere along the coast of East Africa. His psychological voyage through captivity is as much a metaphor of his new painful condition as a widower as an indictment of the African man, and his lack of humanity, a result of his exposure to destructive forces on the continent. The scenery of death,听 desolation and violence, of utter hopelessness, hunger and brutality makes up the majority of this work, sandwiched in between two stories of love. Harrowing frustrating and very slow, this novel is at one linguistically brilliant and fictionally fragmented.
August 2, 2020
Un m茅decin allemand, d茅vast茅 par la mort brutale de sa femme, part avec un ami dans une mission humanitaire aux Comores mais ils se retrouvent otages de pirates somaliens.
S鈥檈nsuit donc un r茅cit tr猫s dur sur les conditions de d茅tention des deux Allemands et d鈥檜n Fran莽ais amoureux de l鈥橝frique, b芒ti autour des conversations entre les otages et entre otages et ravisseurs et c鈥檈st l脿 le probl猫me.. S鈥檌l y a quelques beaux passages, j鈥檃i trouv茅 l鈥檈nsemble tr猫s moralisateur, le personnage du m茅decin allemand peu sympathique et assez caricatural ainsi que ceux des pirates peints comme des brutes 茅paisses mais parlant comme des livres ! Le style aussi m鈥檃 souvent g锚n茅e, trop de grandes envol茅es lyriques et de vocabulaire pompeux ... Et, pour clore l鈥檋istoire, une fin pr茅visible et un peu 芦 脿 l鈥檈au de rose 禄 .
Dommage, le th猫me 茅tait int茅ressant mais le livre ne tient pas ses promesses.
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