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丕賱馗賱丕賱 丕賱賲丨鬲乇賯丞
乇賵丕賷丞 芦丕賱馗賱丕賱 丕賱賲丨鬲乇賯丞禄 賱賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 丕賱亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳賷丞 賰丕賲賷賱丕 卮賲爻賷.. 兀賵賱 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲鬲乇噩賲 賱賴丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞..
乇賵丕賷丞 亘丿賷毓丞.. 賴丕卅賱丞 賵廿賳爻丕賳賷丞.. 鬲賲鬲丿 夭賲丕賳賷丕 賱兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賳氐賮 丕賱賯乇賳.. 賲賳 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 毓丕賲 1945 賵丨鬲賶 賲丕 亘毓丿 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱丨丕丿賷 毓卮乇 賲賳 爻亘鬲賲亘乇 2001.. 賵鬲賳亘爻胤 賲賰丕賳賷丕 賲賳 賳噩丕夭丕賰賷 丕賱賷丕亘丕賳 賲乇賵乇丕 亘丿賱賴賷 丕賱賴賳丿 賵賰乇丕鬲卮賷 亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳 賵賲毓爻賰乇丕鬲 丕賱賱丕噩卅賷賳 丕賱兀賮睾丕賳 毓賱賶 丕賱丨丿賵丿 丕賱兀賮睾丕賳賷丞 丕賱亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳賷丞 賵禺鬲丕賲丕 亘賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞..
"賴賷乇賵賰賵" 丕賱賮鬲丕丞 丕賱賷丕亘丕賳賷丞 丕賱乇賯賷賯丞 丕賱賳丕噩賷丞 賲賳 賲兀爻丕丞 賳噩丕夭丕賰賷 丕賱賲乇賵毓丞.. 亘丨乇賵賯 亘丕乇夭丞 毓賱賶 馗賴乇賴丕 丕賱賳丨賷賮.. 賵爻丨賯 賰丕賲賱 賱賱乇賵丨 鬲丨鬲 賵胤兀丞 賮賯丿丕賳 丨亘賷亘賴丕 丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷 賰賵賳乇丕丿 賮丕賷爻.. 丕賱匕賷 鬲噩丿 馗賱丕賱賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賮賷 賯爻賷賲賴 丕賱賴賳丿賷 丕賱賲爻賱賲 "爻噩賾丕丿 毓賱賷 兀卮乇賮".. 毓馗賲丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 鬲噩爻賷丿賴丕 賱賲兀爻丕丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇 毓賯亘 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞.. 賵兀賮賵賱 丕賱廿賲亘乇丕胤賵乇賷丕鬲 丕賱丕爻鬲毓賲丕乇賷丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 賵亘夭賵睾 廿賲亘乇丕胤賵乇賷丕鬲 噩丿賷丿丞 毓賱賶 兀賳賯丕囟 丕賱賵丨丿丕鬲 丕賱賵胤賳賷丞 賵丕賱賯賵賲賷丞 賵丕賱廿賯賱賷賲賷丞 丕賱賰亘乇賶 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賮鬲鬲鬲 賵鬲賲夭賯鬲 廿賱賶 賰賷丕賳丕鬲 兀氐睾乇.. 丕賱賴賳丿 賵亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳 賵亘賳噩賱丕丿賷卮.. 賰賵乇賷丕 丕賱卮賲丕賱賷丞 賵丕賱噩賳賵亘賷丞.. 廿賱禺.. 兀丨亘亘鬲 "賴賷乇賵賰賵" 賵鬲毓丕胤賮鬲 賲毓賴丕 賵亘賰賷鬲 兀賱賲丕 賵賵噩毓丕 賲囟丕毓賮丕 賲賳 兀噩賱賴丕.. 賵亘賰賷鬲 賰賵賳乇丕丿 賮丕賷爻 賵賲賮賰乇丕鬲賴 丕賱胤丕卅乇丕鬲 丕賱孬賲丕賳賷丞.. 兀毓噩亘鬲 亘爻噩丕丿 賵亘爻丕胤鬲賴 賵鬲賲孬賷賱賴 賱賱乇賵丨 丕賱賴賳丿賷丞 (丕賱亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳賷丞 賮賷賲丕 亘毓丿) 丕賱賯乇賷亘丞 賲賳 乇賵丨 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓丕鬲 丕賱卮乇賯賷丞 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丕丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞.. 乇賵丕賷丞 噩賲賷賱丞 賵乇丕卅毓丞 亘廿賳爻丕賳賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賮丕卅賯丞..
乇賵丕賷丞 亘丿賷毓丞.. 賴丕卅賱丞 賵廿賳爻丕賳賷丞.. 鬲賲鬲丿 夭賲丕賳賷丕 賱兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賳氐賮 丕賱賯乇賳.. 賲賳 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 毓丕賲 1945 賵丨鬲賶 賲丕 亘毓丿 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱丨丕丿賷 毓卮乇 賲賳 爻亘鬲賲亘乇 2001.. 賵鬲賳亘爻胤 賲賰丕賳賷丕 賲賳 賳噩丕夭丕賰賷 丕賱賷丕亘丕賳 賲乇賵乇丕 亘丿賱賴賷 丕賱賴賳丿 賵賰乇丕鬲卮賷 亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳 賵賲毓爻賰乇丕鬲 丕賱賱丕噩卅賷賳 丕賱兀賮睾丕賳 毓賱賶 丕賱丨丿賵丿 丕賱兀賮睾丕賳賷丞 丕賱亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳賷丞 賵禺鬲丕賲丕 亘賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞..
"賴賷乇賵賰賵" 丕賱賮鬲丕丞 丕賱賷丕亘丕賳賷丞 丕賱乇賯賷賯丞 丕賱賳丕噩賷丞 賲賳 賲兀爻丕丞 賳噩丕夭丕賰賷 丕賱賲乇賵毓丞.. 亘丨乇賵賯 亘丕乇夭丞 毓賱賶 馗賴乇賴丕 丕賱賳丨賷賮.. 賵爻丨賯 賰丕賲賱 賱賱乇賵丨 鬲丨鬲 賵胤兀丞 賮賯丿丕賳 丨亘賷亘賴丕 丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷 賰賵賳乇丕丿 賮丕賷爻.. 丕賱匕賷 鬲噩丿 馗賱丕賱賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賮賷 賯爻賷賲賴 丕賱賴賳丿賷 丕賱賲爻賱賲 "爻噩賾丕丿 毓賱賷 兀卮乇賮".. 毓馗賲丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 鬲噩爻賷丿賴丕 賱賲兀爻丕丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇 毓賯亘 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞.. 賵兀賮賵賱 丕賱廿賲亘乇丕胤賵乇賷丕鬲 丕賱丕爻鬲毓賲丕乇賷丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 賵亘夭賵睾 廿賲亘乇丕胤賵乇賷丕鬲 噩丿賷丿丞 毓賱賶 兀賳賯丕囟 丕賱賵丨丿丕鬲 丕賱賵胤賳賷丞 賵丕賱賯賵賲賷丞 賵丕賱廿賯賱賷賲賷丞 丕賱賰亘乇賶 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賮鬲鬲鬲 賵鬲賲夭賯鬲 廿賱賶 賰賷丕賳丕鬲 兀氐睾乇.. 丕賱賴賳丿 賵亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳 賵亘賳噩賱丕丿賷卮.. 賰賵乇賷丕 丕賱卮賲丕賱賷丞 賵丕賱噩賳賵亘賷丞.. 廿賱禺.. 兀丨亘亘鬲 "賴賷乇賵賰賵" 賵鬲毓丕胤賮鬲 賲毓賴丕 賵亘賰賷鬲 兀賱賲丕 賵賵噩毓丕 賲囟丕毓賮丕 賲賳 兀噩賱賴丕.. 賵亘賰賷鬲 賰賵賳乇丕丿 賮丕賷爻 賵賲賮賰乇丕鬲賴 丕賱胤丕卅乇丕鬲 丕賱孬賲丕賳賷丞.. 兀毓噩亘鬲 亘爻噩丕丿 賵亘爻丕胤鬲賴 賵鬲賲孬賷賱賴 賱賱乇賵丨 丕賱賴賳丿賷丞 (丕賱亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳賷丞 賮賷賲丕 亘毓丿) 丕賱賯乇賷亘丞 賲賳 乇賵丨 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓丕鬲 丕賱卮乇賯賷丞 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丕丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞.. 乇賵丕賷丞 噩賲賷賱丞 賵乇丕卅毓丞 亘廿賳爻丕賳賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賮丕卅賯丞..
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First published January 1, 2009
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Kamila Shamsie
55听books2,073听followersKamila Shamsie was born in 1973 in Karachi, where she grew up. She has a BA in Creative Writing from Hamilton College in Clinton, NY and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. While at the University of Massachusetts she wrote
In The City By The Sea
, published by Granta Books UK in 1998. This first novel was shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys Award in the UK, and Shamsie received the Prime Minister鈥檚 Award for Literature in Pakistan in 1999. Her 2000 novel
Salt and Saffron
led to Shamsie鈥檚 selection as one of Orange鈥檚 鈥�21 Writers of the 21st Century.鈥� With her third novel,
Kartography
, Shamsie was again shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys award in the UK. Both Kartography and her next novel,
Broken Verses
, won the Patras Bokhari Award from the Academy of Letters in Pakistan. Burnt Shadows, Shamsie鈥檚 fifth novel, has been longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Her books have been translated into a number of languages.
Shamsie is the daughter of literary critic and writer Muneeza Shamsie, the niece of celebrated Indian novelist Attia Hosain, and the granddaughter of the memoirist Begum Jahanara Habibullah. A reviewer and columnist, primarily for the Guardian, Shamsie has been a judge for several literary awards including The Orange Award for New Writing and The Guardian First Book Award. She also sits on the advisory board of the Index on Censorship.
For years Shamsie spent equal amounts of time in London and Karachi, while also occasionally teaching creative writing at Hamilton College in New York State. She now lives primarily in London.
Shamsie is the daughter of literary critic and writer Muneeza Shamsie, the niece of celebrated Indian novelist Attia Hosain, and the granddaughter of the memoirist Begum Jahanara Habibullah. A reviewer and columnist, primarily for the Guardian, Shamsie has been a judge for several literary awards including The Orange Award for New Writing and The Guardian First Book Award. She also sits on the advisory board of the Index on Censorship.
For years Shamsie spent equal amounts of time in London and Karachi, while also occasionally teaching creative writing at Hamilton College in New York State. She now lives primarily in London.
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爻丕毓丿賳賷 賷丕 丕賱賱賴 賱賰賷 兀賰鬲亘 賲丕 賷賱賷賯 亘賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱.
賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賱賭 賰丕賲賱丞 卮賲爻賷.
亘毓丿 "賳丕乇 丕賱丿丕乇" 毓乇賮鬲 亘兀賳賳賷 兀賲丕賲 兀爻鬲丕匕丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞貙 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 賰鬲丕亘丞 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲乇賰亘丞 賵亘兀氐丕亘毓 亘丕乇毓丞貙 鬲爻鬲孬賷乇 賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱廿乇賴丕亘 賵丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賵賮賵亘賷丕 賵丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞 賵賰賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀賵亘卅丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賷亘賳丕 賲賳 賮乇胤 丕毓鬲賵丕乇 賯賷賲賳丕貙 賵爻賯賵胤賳丕 賮賷 丕賱禺賵賮貙 賵鬲爻丕賲丨賳丕 賲毓 丕賱賱丕 鬲爻丕賲丨.
賮賷 "丕賱馗賱丕賱 丕賱賲丨鬲乇賯丞"貙 毓賲賱賴丕 丕賱兀賯丿賲貙 賰丕賳鬲 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 匕賱賰. 鬲亘丿兀 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳匕 丕賱賴噩賵賲 丕賱賳賵賵賷 毓賱賶 賳丕賰丕夭丕賰爻賷貙 賲乇賵乇賸丕 亘賭 丿賱賴賷貙 賵氐賵賱丕賸 廿賱賶 亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳貙 賵丕賳鬲賴丕亍賸 賮賷 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 賵兀賮睾丕賳爻鬲丕賳 爻賳丞 2001-2002貙 亘毓丿 鬲賮噩賷乇丕鬲 11 爻亘鬲賲亘乇 鬲賯乇賷亘賸丕貙 賵賰賱 賲丕 鬲賱丕 匕賱賰 賲賳 氐毓賵丿 賷賲賷賳賷 賯丕卅賲 毓賱賶 廿丿丕賳丞 丕賱丌禺乇 賱兀賳賴 賷賲孬賱 "禺胤乇賸丕 賲丨鬲賲賱賸丕".
賱賵丨丞 亘丕賳賵乇丕賲賷丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞貙 毓賳 鬲兀孬乇 丕賱禺丕氐 亘丕賱毓丕賲貙 毓賳 丕賲鬲氐丕氐賳丕 賱賱賳賰亘丕鬲 丕賱匕賷 賷丨丿孬 乇睾賲賸丕 毓賳丕貙 爻賵丕亍 賰丕賳 賯賳亘賱丞 賳賵賵賷丞 兀賵 丨鬲賶 丕賳賯爻丕賲 兀賴賱賷 亘賷賳 丕賱賴賳丿賵爻 賵丕賱賲爻賱賲賷賳貙 賵氐賵賱賸丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賳胤賯 "丕賱兀亘賷囟" 丕賱匕賷 賱賲貙 賵賱賳 賷賮賴賲 兀亘丿賸丕貙 丨噩賲 丕賱兀匕賶 丕賱匕賷 賷賱丨賯賴貙 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賷毓丕賯亘賳丕 毓賱賷賴.
賵賲毓 匕賱賰.. 賲賳 丕賱馗賱賲 丕禺鬲夭丕賱 兀賴賲賷丞 丕賱毓賲賱 賮賷 丕賱賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱鬲賷 賷爻鬲孬賷乇賴丕. 賮丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 亘毓賷丿賸丕 毓賳 賲賵囟賵毓賴丕 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賯貙 鬲丨賮丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞貙 賵賴賷 賱賷爻鬲 乇賵丕賷丞 亘賯丿乇 賲丕 賴賷 賲賱丨賲丞 兀噩賷丕賱 賲賳 毓丕卅賱鬲賷賳. 禺丕胤賮丞 賱賱兀賳賮丕爻 賮賷 鬲丿賮賯賴丕 丕賱亘爻賷胤貙 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱賳丿賵亘貙 卮丿賷丿丞 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞貙 賱丕 賷賳賯氐賴丕 廿賱丕 兀賳 賳爻鬲禺乇噩 賱賴丕 兀賵乇丕賯賸丕 孬亘賵鬲賷丞. 廿賳賴丕 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱兀賱賲貙 丕賱賭 "鬲乇賵賲丕 / 丕賱氐丿賲丞" 賵賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲毓丕賮賷貙 孬賲 丕賱爻賯賵胤 丕賱賱賵賱亘賷 賮賷 丕賱噩乇丨賽 廿賷丕賴貙 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 禺賱賯 賲毓賳賶 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱噩乇丨貙 賱賷爻 賱鬲賮爻賷乇賴 賮丨爻亘貙 亘賱 賱賲賳丨賴 賯賷賲丞貙 賱賰賷 賷噩毓賱 賲賳 廿賳爻丕賳賴 卮禺氐賸丕 兀賮囟賱.
賱賲 鬲賲賳丨賳賷 賰丕賲賱丞 卮賲爻賷 乇賵丕賷丞貙 亘賱 毓丕卅賱丞. 毓丕卅賱丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賲丐賱賮丞 賲賳 賴賳賵丿 賵亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳賷賷賳 賵兀賱賲丕賳 賵賷丕亘丕賳賷賷賳 賵兀賲乇賷賰丕賳 賵兀賮睾丕賳 兀賷囟賸丕. 賯丿乇鬲賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱賳賯賱 丕賱兀賲賷賳 賱兀氐賵丕鬲賽 賴丐賱丕亍貙 丿賵賳 丕禺鬲夭丕賱賺 兀賵 賲氐丕丿乇丞貙 賵丿賵賳 兀賳 賷賲孬賾賱 兀賷賾 賲賳賴賲 氐賵乇丞 賳賲胤賷丞 丿丕乇噩丞貙 賵賯丿乇鬲賴丕 毓賱賶 兀賳爻賳鬲賴賲 噩賲賷毓賸丕 賲賴賲丕 丕禺鬲賱賮賳丕 賲毓賴賲貙 賯丿乇鬲賴丕 毓賱賶 噩毓賱賳丕 賳丨亘賴賲.. 賱丕 賷賳噩丨 賮賷 匕賱賰 廿賱丕 兀爻鬲丕匕.
賱賲賳 賷鬲爻丕亍賱貙 賲孬賱賷貙 丿丕卅賲賸丕貨 賰賷賮 賷賲賰賳 賲毓丕賱噩丞 丕賱爻賷丕爻丞 兀丿亘賷賸丕貙 賴匕丕 賳賲賵匕噩 賳丕噩丨 噩丿賸丕. 賱丕 賷鬲禺賱賶 毓賳 卮乇胤賴 丕賱賮賳賷貙 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賴賵 賯丕丿乇 毓賱賶 鬲賮噩賷乇 賲卅丕鬲 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 賮賷 乇兀爻賰 毓賳 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賳乇睾亘 賮賷 丕賱毓賷卮 賮賷賴貙 賵賲丕 丕賱匕賷 賷賲賰賳 賱賰賱 賵丕丨丿 賲賳丕 兀賳 賷賮毓賱賴 賱兀噩賱 匕賱賰.
賵亘毓賷丿賸丕 毓賳 賴匕丕 丕賱鬲賳馗賷乇 丕賱賮丕乇睾 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丨貙 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀亘賰鬲賳賷 賲賱賷賸丕. 賱賷爻 賮賷 兀噩夭丕卅賴丕 丕賱鬲乇丕噩賷丿賷丞 亘丕賱囟乇賵乇丞貙 亘賱 兀賲丕賲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賲賳賴賰丞 亘兀禺胤丕卅賴丕貙 兀賲丕賲 丕賱匕賳亘貙 賵賰賱 賲丕 賳禺爻乇賴 亘爻亘亘賳丕 賳丨賳貙 賱丕 亘爻亘亘 賯賳亘賱丞 賳賵賵賷丞貙 兀賵 賴噩賵賲 廿乇賴丕亘賷 毓賱賶 賲亘賳賶 丕賱鬲噩丕乇丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷.
丨亘賸丕 亘丕賱賱賴貙 丕賯乇丐賵丕 賰丕賲賱丞 卮賲爻賷.
賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賱賭 賰丕賲賱丞 卮賲爻賷.
亘毓丿 "賳丕乇 丕賱丿丕乇" 毓乇賮鬲 亘兀賳賳賷 兀賲丕賲 兀爻鬲丕匕丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞貙 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 賰鬲丕亘丞 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲乇賰亘丞 賵亘兀氐丕亘毓 亘丕乇毓丞貙 鬲爻鬲孬賷乇 賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱廿乇賴丕亘 賵丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賵賮賵亘賷丕 賵丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞 賵賰賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀賵亘卅丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賷亘賳丕 賲賳 賮乇胤 丕毓鬲賵丕乇 賯賷賲賳丕貙 賵爻賯賵胤賳丕 賮賷 丕賱禺賵賮貙 賵鬲爻丕賲丨賳丕 賲毓 丕賱賱丕 鬲爻丕賲丨.
賮賷 "丕賱馗賱丕賱 丕賱賲丨鬲乇賯丞"貙 毓賲賱賴丕 丕賱兀賯丿賲貙 賰丕賳鬲 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 匕賱賰. 鬲亘丿兀 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳匕 丕賱賴噩賵賲 丕賱賳賵賵賷 毓賱賶 賳丕賰丕夭丕賰爻賷貙 賲乇賵乇賸丕 亘賭 丿賱賴賷貙 賵氐賵賱丕賸 廿賱賶 亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳貙 賵丕賳鬲賴丕亍賸 賮賷 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 賵兀賮睾丕賳爻鬲丕賳 爻賳丞 2001-2002貙 亘毓丿 鬲賮噩賷乇丕鬲 11 爻亘鬲賲亘乇 鬲賯乇賷亘賸丕貙 賵賰賱 賲丕 鬲賱丕 匕賱賰 賲賳 氐毓賵丿 賷賲賷賳賷 賯丕卅賲 毓賱賶 廿丿丕賳丞 丕賱丌禺乇 賱兀賳賴 賷賲孬賱 "禺胤乇賸丕 賲丨鬲賲賱賸丕".
賱賵丨丞 亘丕賳賵乇丕賲賷丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞貙 毓賳 鬲兀孬乇 丕賱禺丕氐 亘丕賱毓丕賲貙 毓賳 丕賲鬲氐丕氐賳丕 賱賱賳賰亘丕鬲 丕賱匕賷 賷丨丿孬 乇睾賲賸丕 毓賳丕貙 爻賵丕亍 賰丕賳 賯賳亘賱丞 賳賵賵賷丞 兀賵 丨鬲賶 丕賳賯爻丕賲 兀賴賱賷 亘賷賳 丕賱賴賳丿賵爻 賵丕賱賲爻賱賲賷賳貙 賵氐賵賱賸丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賳胤賯 "丕賱兀亘賷囟" 丕賱匕賷 賱賲貙 賵賱賳 賷賮賴賲 兀亘丿賸丕貙 丨噩賲 丕賱兀匕賶 丕賱匕賷 賷賱丨賯賴貙 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賷毓丕賯亘賳丕 毓賱賷賴.
賵賲毓 匕賱賰.. 賲賳 丕賱馗賱賲 丕禺鬲夭丕賱 兀賴賲賷丞 丕賱毓賲賱 賮賷 丕賱賯囟丕賷丕 丕賱鬲賷 賷爻鬲孬賷乇賴丕. 賮丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 亘毓賷丿賸丕 毓賳 賲賵囟賵毓賴丕 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賯貙 鬲丨賮丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞貙 賵賴賷 賱賷爻鬲 乇賵丕賷丞 亘賯丿乇 賲丕 賴賷 賲賱丨賲丞 兀噩賷丕賱 賲賳 毓丕卅賱鬲賷賳. 禺丕胤賮丞 賱賱兀賳賮丕爻 賮賷 鬲丿賮賯賴丕 丕賱亘爻賷胤貙 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱賳丿賵亘貙 卮丿賷丿丞 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞貙 賱丕 賷賳賯氐賴丕 廿賱丕 兀賳 賳爻鬲禺乇噩 賱賴丕 兀賵乇丕賯賸丕 孬亘賵鬲賷丞. 廿賳賴丕 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱兀賱賲貙 丕賱賭 "鬲乇賵賲丕 / 丕賱氐丿賲丞" 賵賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲毓丕賮賷貙 孬賲 丕賱爻賯賵胤 丕賱賱賵賱亘賷 賮賷 丕賱噩乇丨賽 廿賷丕賴貙 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 禺賱賯 賲毓賳賶 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱噩乇丨貙 賱賷爻 賱鬲賮爻賷乇賴 賮丨爻亘貙 亘賱 賱賲賳丨賴 賯賷賲丞貙 賱賰賷 賷噩毓賱 賲賳 廿賳爻丕賳賴 卮禺氐賸丕 兀賮囟賱.
賱賲 鬲賲賳丨賳賷 賰丕賲賱丞 卮賲爻賷 乇賵丕賷丞貙 亘賱 毓丕卅賱丞. 毓丕卅賱丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賲丐賱賮丞 賲賳 賴賳賵丿 賵亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳賷賷賳 賵兀賱賲丕賳 賵賷丕亘丕賳賷賷賳 賵兀賲乇賷賰丕賳 賵兀賮睾丕賳 兀賷囟賸丕. 賯丿乇鬲賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱賳賯賱 丕賱兀賲賷賳 賱兀氐賵丕鬲賽 賴丐賱丕亍貙 丿賵賳 丕禺鬲夭丕賱賺 兀賵 賲氐丕丿乇丞貙 賵丿賵賳 兀賳 賷賲孬賾賱 兀賷賾 賲賳賴賲 氐賵乇丞 賳賲胤賷丞 丿丕乇噩丞貙 賵賯丿乇鬲賴丕 毓賱賶 兀賳爻賳鬲賴賲 噩賲賷毓賸丕 賲賴賲丕 丕禺鬲賱賮賳丕 賲毓賴賲貙 賯丿乇鬲賴丕 毓賱賶 噩毓賱賳丕 賳丨亘賴賲.. 賱丕 賷賳噩丨 賮賷 匕賱賰 廿賱丕 兀爻鬲丕匕.
賱賲賳 賷鬲爻丕亍賱貙 賲孬賱賷貙 丿丕卅賲賸丕貨 賰賷賮 賷賲賰賳 賲毓丕賱噩丞 丕賱爻賷丕爻丞 兀丿亘賷賸丕貙 賴匕丕 賳賲賵匕噩 賳丕噩丨 噩丿賸丕. 賱丕 賷鬲禺賱賶 毓賳 卮乇胤賴 丕賱賮賳賷貙 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賴賵 賯丕丿乇 毓賱賶 鬲賮噩賷乇 賲卅丕鬲 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 賮賷 乇兀爻賰 毓賳 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賳乇睾亘 賮賷 丕賱毓賷卮 賮賷賴貙 賵賲丕 丕賱匕賷 賷賲賰賳 賱賰賱 賵丕丨丿 賲賳丕 兀賳 賷賮毓賱賴 賱兀噩賱 匕賱賰.
賵亘毓賷丿賸丕 毓賳 賴匕丕 丕賱鬲賳馗賷乇 丕賱賮丕乇睾 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丨貙 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀亘賰鬲賳賷 賲賱賷賸丕. 賱賷爻 賮賷 兀噩夭丕卅賴丕 丕賱鬲乇丕噩賷丿賷丞 亘丕賱囟乇賵乇丞貙 亘賱 兀賲丕賲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賲賳賴賰丞 亘兀禺胤丕卅賴丕貙 兀賲丕賲 丕賱匕賳亘貙 賵賰賱 賲丕 賳禺爻乇賴 亘爻亘亘賳丕 賳丨賳貙 賱丕 亘爻亘亘 賯賳亘賱丞 賳賵賵賷丞貙 兀賵 賴噩賵賲 廿乇賴丕亘賷 毓賱賶 賲亘賳賶 丕賱鬲噩丕乇丞 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷.
丨亘賸丕 亘丕賱賱賴貙 丕賯乇丐賵丕 賰丕賲賱丞 卮賲爻賷.
March 31, 2021
Este libro me ha gustado much铆simo.
Con un estilo muy po茅tico y sutil, la autora nos narra la vida de Hiroko, una joven cuya vida estar谩 marcada por los bombardeos en Nagasaki durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Con ella viajaremos a la India de la partici贸n, al Pakist谩n de los a帽os 80, al Estados Unidos paranoico tras el 11S y finalmente de la mano de su hijo conoceremos el Afganist谩n de aquellos a帽os.
Es una historia que pasa de puntillas por todos estos acontecimientos, porque est谩 m谩s centrada en los personajes que en los propios acontecimientos Hist贸ricos, pero a煤n as铆 la ambientaci贸n y el contexto es muy importante, y la mirada pol铆tica y social que hace la autora me parece profunda a pesar de su brevedad.
Es una historia que habla especialmente de la familia y de la amistad, de dos familias destinadas a encontrarse, de Ilse e Hiroko, de Harry y Sajjad, de Raza y Kim. Una saga familiar breve que ahonda en las diferencias culturales y en la sensibilidad de sus personajes.
Un libro que aunque no es perfecto por muchas cosas (y cuyo inici贸 disfrut茅 mucho m谩s que su final) me ha dejado tanto poso que no puedo dejar de recomendar encarecidamente.
Con un estilo muy po茅tico y sutil, la autora nos narra la vida de Hiroko, una joven cuya vida estar谩 marcada por los bombardeos en Nagasaki durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Con ella viajaremos a la India de la partici贸n, al Pakist谩n de los a帽os 80, al Estados Unidos paranoico tras el 11S y finalmente de la mano de su hijo conoceremos el Afganist谩n de aquellos a帽os.
Es una historia que pasa de puntillas por todos estos acontecimientos, porque est谩 m谩s centrada en los personajes que en los propios acontecimientos Hist贸ricos, pero a煤n as铆 la ambientaci贸n y el contexto es muy importante, y la mirada pol铆tica y social que hace la autora me parece profunda a pesar de su brevedad.
Es una historia que habla especialmente de la familia y de la amistad, de dos familias destinadas a encontrarse, de Ilse e Hiroko, de Harry y Sajjad, de Raza y Kim. Una saga familiar breve que ahonda en las diferencias culturales y en la sensibilidad de sus personajes.
Un libro que aunque no es perfecto por muchas cosas (y cuyo inici贸 disfrut茅 mucho m谩s que su final) me ha dejado tanto poso que no puedo dejar de recomendar encarecidamente.
February 23, 2021
For me,it is Kamila Shamsie's second best book,after Home Fire.Not that I'd call it a great book,but it's still much better than the rest of her books.
It tries to tackle too many subjects,and doesn't quite succeed.It begins with the story of a Japanese victim of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
But if the idea was to show the destructive effects of the atomic bomb on this victim,that doesn't happen.The Japanese woman moves to India and goes through the rest of her life, without showing any ill effects.
The book then goes on to include a pet peeve of Kamila Shamsie, the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan.It is a constant theme in her work as her own family had to move to Pakistan at the time of partition.
Then,there are detailed descriptions of life in Karachi.It helps to fill up the pages and is also part of several of her other books.
After that,she returns to international conflict once again.First comes the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan,and a Karachi young man's journey to fight the Soviets.This whole section is very superficial.Added for good measure is the story of a US agent and his daughter as well.
Then comes the US invasion of Afghanistan,and that is included,as well.Again,nothing special about this part of the book.
In between,the subcontinent becomes nuclearised in 1998 after India's nuclear tests and Pakistan following suit.So,the Japanese woman,already a victim of the nuclear bomb, gets scared and moves to New York.
While some parts of the book were interesting,at times it felt very contrived,particularly the portion on Afghanistan.
The last hundred pages,in particular were so boring that I was relieved when it finally came to an end.A good many of the situations in the book,are scarcely believeable.
Too many conflicts are included,without focusing effectively on any one of them.The book essentially lacks a coherent storyline.
It tries to tackle too many subjects,and doesn't quite succeed.It begins with the story of a Japanese victim of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
But if the idea was to show the destructive effects of the atomic bomb on this victim,that doesn't happen.The Japanese woman moves to India and goes through the rest of her life, without showing any ill effects.
The book then goes on to include a pet peeve of Kamila Shamsie, the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan.It is a constant theme in her work as her own family had to move to Pakistan at the time of partition.
Then,there are detailed descriptions of life in Karachi.It helps to fill up the pages and is also part of several of her other books.
After that,she returns to international conflict once again.First comes the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan,and a Karachi young man's journey to fight the Soviets.This whole section is very superficial.Added for good measure is the story of a US agent and his daughter as well.
Then comes the US invasion of Afghanistan,and that is included,as well.Again,nothing special about this part of the book.
In between,the subcontinent becomes nuclearised in 1998 after India's nuclear tests and Pakistan following suit.So,the Japanese woman,already a victim of the nuclear bomb, gets scared and moves to New York.
While some parts of the book were interesting,at times it felt very contrived,particularly the portion on Afghanistan.
The last hundred pages,in particular were so boring that I was relieved when it finally came to an end.A good many of the situations in the book,are scarcely believeable.
Too many conflicts are included,without focusing effectively on any one of them.The book essentially lacks a coherent storyline.
August 21, 2018
A novel with great scope ranging over a vast sweep of modern history, written with great warmth and understanding. The characters are well drawn and believable. Characters with flaws, who make mistakes which have consequences, but who are understandable and feel like real people.
The novel is broken up into three sections. The first is in the 1940s; in 1945 Hiroko Tanaka has become engaged to Konrad Weiss, a German living, like her in Nagasaki. He is killed by the atomic bomb and she is injured. Following her recovery she goes (in 1947) to India to see Konrad鈥檚 sister Ilse (Elizabeth), who is married to an Englishman, James Burton who is a lawyer and rather upper middle class. This coincides with the end of English rule and partition. Hiroko meets one of James Burton鈥檚 employees Sajjad Ashraf. They fall in love and marry; partition taking them from Dehli to Karachi.
The second part moves to Pakistan in the early 1980s and the backdrop is the struggle against the Soviets in Afghanistan. The story here revolves around Sajjad and Hiroko again, their teenage son Raza and James and Ilse鈥檚 son Harry, who is working for the CIA (Ilse has left James and is now American).
The final section is set just after 9/11. Harry and Raza are working together in Afghanistan for a private security company, whilst Ilse and Hioko are in New York. Harry鈥檚 daughter Kim plays a central role.
A novel which seeks to encompass the dropping of the atomic bomb, the end of empire, partition, class, the cold war, the CIA supporting the mujahedeen, 9/11, the Taliban, Guantanamo Bay, terrorism, the fear of terrorism and the war in Afghanistan sets its sights high. The themes are no less impressive love, family, trust and betrayal, friendship, religion and a clash of cultures.
On the whole it works rather well; intelligently written, compassionate, gripping Shamsie attempts to explain some of recent history鈥檚 more complex issues through a family saga. A couple of grumbles; the ending is flagged up too early and obviously and it really is too short. Many hefty books would benefit from being shorter. I felt this one would have stood being longer to develop the issues and some of the characters.
Those are minor points; this is a competent and compassionate examination of many of the issues the modern world has to grapple with and I would recommend it.
4.5 stars
The novel is broken up into three sections. The first is in the 1940s; in 1945 Hiroko Tanaka has become engaged to Konrad Weiss, a German living, like her in Nagasaki. He is killed by the atomic bomb and she is injured. Following her recovery she goes (in 1947) to India to see Konrad鈥檚 sister Ilse (Elizabeth), who is married to an Englishman, James Burton who is a lawyer and rather upper middle class. This coincides with the end of English rule and partition. Hiroko meets one of James Burton鈥檚 employees Sajjad Ashraf. They fall in love and marry; partition taking them from Dehli to Karachi.
The second part moves to Pakistan in the early 1980s and the backdrop is the struggle against the Soviets in Afghanistan. The story here revolves around Sajjad and Hiroko again, their teenage son Raza and James and Ilse鈥檚 son Harry, who is working for the CIA (Ilse has left James and is now American).
The final section is set just after 9/11. Harry and Raza are working together in Afghanistan for a private security company, whilst Ilse and Hioko are in New York. Harry鈥檚 daughter Kim plays a central role.
A novel which seeks to encompass the dropping of the atomic bomb, the end of empire, partition, class, the cold war, the CIA supporting the mujahedeen, 9/11, the Taliban, Guantanamo Bay, terrorism, the fear of terrorism and the war in Afghanistan sets its sights high. The themes are no less impressive love, family, trust and betrayal, friendship, religion and a clash of cultures.
On the whole it works rather well; intelligently written, compassionate, gripping Shamsie attempts to explain some of recent history鈥檚 more complex issues through a family saga. A couple of grumbles; the ending is flagged up too early and obviously and it really is too short. Many hefty books would benefit from being shorter. I felt this one would have stood being longer to develop the issues and some of the characters.
Those are minor points; this is a competent and compassionate examination of many of the issues the modern world has to grapple with and I would recommend it.
4.5 stars
June 8, 2022
"Burnt Shadows" was a gift to me from a friend who valued this book highly. It was a gift for me because it has given me much food for thought. At the outset, I was determined to enjoy this book to share the pleasure with my friend, but as I progressed I could observe why she ranked it so extremely well.
I will not attempt a summary here. One can easily find that elsewhere. The scope of this novel is huge. It spans about 60 years, from the A- Bomb in Nagasaki, to the partitioning of India and Pakistan, to wartorn Afghanistan and to post 9/11 America. Shamsie has written a profound and powerful novel of family, nations and wars. Throughout this book we see the power of language, not solely as the means for communication, but as a cultural and attitudinal divide.
Shamsie has deftly described scenes of racism, class division and the panorama of wars. There are wars for power, wars for religion, wars for territory or family. But what is the outcome for the people who have suffered at the hands of their invaders? In a conversation with an American woman, an Afghan man who had fought against the Soviets stated, "...countries like yours they always fight wars, but always somewhere else. The disease always happens somewhere else.It's why you fight more wars than anyone else; because you understand war least of all."
In response to an act of apparent racial profiling, another character equates this with the concentration camps and replies, "...you have to deny people their humanity in order to decimate them." Shamsie has expertly drawn her characters and left the reader with a clear sense of them.
It has been difficult to encapsulate this novel into a short review because it is so complex and extensive. It has made a deep impact on me, with emotions ranging from tears and sorrow to anger.
I will not attempt a summary here. One can easily find that elsewhere. The scope of this novel is huge. It spans about 60 years, from the A- Bomb in Nagasaki, to the partitioning of India and Pakistan, to wartorn Afghanistan and to post 9/11 America. Shamsie has written a profound and powerful novel of family, nations and wars. Throughout this book we see the power of language, not solely as the means for communication, but as a cultural and attitudinal divide.
Shamsie has deftly described scenes of racism, class division and the panorama of wars. There are wars for power, wars for religion, wars for territory or family. But what is the outcome for the people who have suffered at the hands of their invaders? In a conversation with an American woman, an Afghan man who had fought against the Soviets stated, "...countries like yours they always fight wars, but always somewhere else. The disease always happens somewhere else.It's why you fight more wars than anyone else; because you understand war least of all."
In response to an act of apparent racial profiling, another character equates this with the concentration camps and replies, "...you have to deny people their humanity in order to decimate them." Shamsie has expertly drawn her characters and left the reader with a clear sense of them.
It has been difficult to encapsulate this novel into a short review because it is so complex and extensive. It has made a deep impact on me, with emotions ranging from tears and sorrow to anger.
February 28, 2024
Este livro, que descobri na biblioteca foi uma 贸tima surpresa! Peguei nele, talvez pela capa, e trouxe-o comigo.
Foi uma excelente surpresa este livro e esta autora que n茫o conhecia de todo.
Foi uma excelente surpresa este livro e esta autora que n茫o conhecia de todo.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 24, 2019
'Why? Can't women travel alone in India?'Here is how to write a novel with emotional truth: find your characters, and let them make their stories. But Kamila Shamsie, who in Burnt Shadows does this so superbly, has done so much more. When I shared the opening themes of the book with my brother, who lives in Japan (I will spare readers of this review a lengthy account of all the many borders this story crossed into my own life), said, referring to the bombing of Nagasaki art is essential to capture such feelings. Even to call it essential doesn't do justice to this text, which covers such an immense ground, making a kind of sense of the world that has been terrifyingly coming into being since 1945 from the perspective of what one character, with fatal disdain, calls ordinary, little-picture morality, the spider's eye view, people and their relationships...
Elizabeth almost laughed. So much for those demure Japanese women of all the stories she'd heard. Here was one who would squeeze the sun in her fist if she ever got the chance; yes, and tilt her head back to swallow its liquid light.
So many novels make their protagonists suffer, but Shamsie gives Hiroko, as if to atone for making her witness the bomb, for making her lose so much, carry so much, not only competence, talent, boldness among many admirable qualities, an independent spirit (
it didn't bother her in the least to know she would always be a foreigner in Pakistan - she had no interest in belonging to anything as contradictorily insubstantial and damaging as a nation) and ambiguously generous benefactors, but an extraordinarily desirable opposite number, countless sources of delight written and unwritten, a son who earns his own story, and always the last word. Frequently, in other characters' strands, we are made aware of barriers raised against women, but Hiroko always knows exactly which boundary is worthy of respect, which border may be politely or heedlessly transgressed.
Language lessons and translation are the ropes, ladders, hooks, bridges of the story. In learning language, the learner thinks their way into a cultural borderland where all manner of connections are possible, where influences mix, and from where their own culture looks different. The willingness, or otherwise, to hear and understand and learn another's language, or to teach, signals the direction of a story, an emotion. James Burton tells Hiroko it's not necessary for her to learn Urdu. Kim tells an Afghan Muslim she has read the Quran in English (how often do Muslims hear this?), while he, she presumes, has never read it in a language he understands, therefore she knows better than he does what it contains. Meanwhile, Hiroko only teaches Sajjad expressions of love in Japanese, Raza enters Iran and translates flirtatious questions of the man driving him to a carful of women into Farsi, having learned it while working in Dubai. 'Why are you travelling by car?' the driver wants to know, 'don't angels fly?' but they laughingly reply that women are superior to angels.
For all their noble feelings, their kind gestures, and their good intentions, the English and USians in this novel are treacherous, and these portrayals, especially, to me, of the Burtons, rang absolutely true. What was beautiful, soothing, redemptive to me in this story, was the view from elsewhere, from Hiroko and her birds, from Konrad and his optimism, from Sajjad and his family, from Raza and his friends. It doesn't have to be this way... there is no possible justification for the second bomb in a picture of any size. Things can change. Not everyone is like us.
'James!' Elizabeth said, coming to stand beside her husband. 'Did you know Sajjad's family came here from Turkey seven centuries ago?'
'Young Turk are you?' James smiled at Sajjad.
'No, Mr Burton,' Sajjad said, not understanding the reference. 'I'm Indian.' He glanced at Hiroko, who had her back to the three of them, looking up at the Arabic inscriptions on the minaret. She was offended, he knew, but what could he do about it? He looked at James, as though considering something that had never occurred to him before. 'Why have the English remained so English? Throughout India's history conquerors have come from elsewhere, and all of them - Turk, Arab, Hun, Mongol, Persian - have become Indian. If - when - this Pakistan happens, those Muslims who leave Delhi and Lucknow and Hyderabad to go there, they will be leaving their homes. But when the English leave, they'll be going home.'
Hiroko turned towards Sajjad, surprised and accutely self-conscious. She had been speaking to him of Konrad's interest in the foreigners who made their homes in Nagasaki, and now she saw her words filtering into his thoughts and becoming part of the way he saw the world.
'Henry thinks of India as home,', Elizabeth said, seeing how wounded James was by Sajjad's unexpected attack, and wanting to deflect it.
'Yes.' There was a tightening of Sajjad's voice. 'He does.' And you sent him away because of it, he wanted to say, the sense of offence which had started as an act to impress Hiroko no longer feigned. He recalled it very well, the day her opposition to the idea of boarding school ended. He had been playing cricket in the garden with Henry when Elizabeth came out and told her son he was 'such a young Englishman'. Henry had scowled, and backed up towards Sajjad. 'I'm Indian,' he'd said. The next day James Burton had told Sajjad how relieved he was that his wife had suddenly decided to withdraw all her 'sentimental' objections to sending Henry to boarding school.
'Something you want to say, Sajjad?'
'No, Mr Burton. Only that I don't suppose he'll continue to think of India that way for much longer.'
'For the best,' Elizabeth said, looking around her, feeling something that was almost sorrow to think that the descendants of the English would not come to the churches and monuments of British India seven centuries from now and say this is a reminder of when my family history and India's history entered the same stream irrevocably and for ever.
'Why is it for the best?' Sajjad's voice was as near angry as anyone had ever heard it. It was hard to say if Elizabeth or Sajjad was more surprised at his tone after eight years during which he used only excessive politeness as a weapon against her. But they were both aware that this would not have happened if Hiroko hadn't been there, disrupting all hierarchies.
May 19, 2016
爻 :-
賲丕丕賱匕賷 賱賲 賷毓噩亘賰 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 責
噩 :-
丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 賵丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 貙 賵丕賱噩賲賱 丕賱廿毓鬲乇丕囟賷丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞 丕賱賲卮鬲鬲丞
賱丕 兀丿乇賷 貙 賴賱 丕賱毓賷亘 賮賷 丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲丞 兀賲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 責 貙 賵賱賰賳 毓賱賶 賰賱 丨丕賱
!丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 兀氐丕亘 賲乇丕乇鬲賷 賮賷 賲賯鬲賱
爻 :-
賵賲丕賱匕賷 丿賮毓賰 賱賯乇丕亍丞 300 氐賮丨丞 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賴賷 賱丕鬲毓噩亘賰 責
噩 :-
賱兀賳 丌乇丕亍 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 氐丿賷賯 賵氐丿賷賯丞 鬲卮賷丿 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 貙 賵亘丕賱鬲丕賱賷 賮兀賳丕 兀賰匕賽賾亘 賳賮爻賷 胤賵丕賱 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賵兀賯賵賱 賱賳賮爻賷 兀賳 孬賲丞 賲卮賰賱丞 賱丿賷賾 貙 乇亘賲丕 .
賵賱賰賳 丿毓賳賷 兀爻兀賱賰 爻丐丕賱丕賸 貙 賲丕賱匕賷 賯丿 賷丿賮毓賰 賱鬲丨賲賱 兀爻賱賵亘 賲賳賮乇 亘賴匕丕 丕賱卮賰賱 睾賷乇 丌乇丕亍 丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 責
賱丕鬲噩丿 廿噩丕亘丞 責 貙 丨爻賳丕賸 爻兀噩賷亘 兀賳丕 貙 丕賱匕賷 賯丿 賷丿賮毓賰 賱匕賱賰 賴賵 兀賳 鬲賱賲丨 賮賷 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱匕賷 鬲賯乇兀賴 亘丕丿乇丞 兀賲賱 鬲丿賮毓賰 賱賱鬲丨賲賱 貙 兀賷 兀賳 鬲噩丿 賯氐丞 噩賷丿丞 鬲卮睾賱 毓賯賱賰 兀賵 賯賱亘賰 兀賵 賰賱丕賴賲丕 .. 賵亘毓丿 300 氐賮丨丞 賲賳 丕賱亘丨孬 賵丕賱鬲丨賲賱 貙 兀賯賵賱 賱賰 兀賳 丕賱賯氐丞 賲賲賱丞 賵賱丕 胤毓賲 賱賴丕 貙 賱賲 兀噩丿 賲丕賷毓賷賳賳賶 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲丨賲賱 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 匕賱賰
亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賱賱 賵丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賲購賳賮賾乇 貙 賴賳丕賰 賲卮賰賱丞 兀禺乇賶 兀賮丿丨
丕賱鬲賵賴丕賳 賮賷 丕賱夭賲賰丕賳 貙 兀賵 丕賱夭賲丕賳 賵丕賱賲賰丕賳 賱賰賷 兀賰賵賳 兀賵囟丨
亘賲毓賳賶 貙 賮賷 賲毓馗賲 丕賱兀賵賯丕鬲 貙 兀賳鬲 賰賯丕乇賷亍 賱賳 鬲毓賱賲 兀賷賳 兀賳鬲 貙 賵丕賱賲孬賷乇 賱賱睾賷馗 兀賰孬乇 兀賳 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 鬲馗賱 鬲賱賯賷 亘賰 亘丨丿賷孬賴丕 賮賷 兀賲丕賰賳 兀禺乇賶 鬲鬲賵賴 亘賷賳賴丕 兀賰孬乇 賵兀賰孬乇 貙 爻鬲馗賱 鬲爻兀賱 賳賮爻賰 賰孬賷乇丕賸 .. 兀賷賳 賳丨賳 丕賱丌賳 責 .貙 賲丕賴匕賴 丕賱亘賱丿 丕賱鬲賷 賷鬲丨丿孬賵賳 毓賳賴丕 責 貙 賴賱 賴賷 賮賷 丕賱賴賳丿 兀賲 亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳 兀賲 丕賱賷丕亘丕賳 兀賲 兀賲乇賷賰丕 責 貙 賴賱 丕賱賴賳丿 賵亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳 亘賱丿丕賸 賵丕丨丿丕賸 賵丕賳賯爻賲賵丕 兀賲 賱丕 責 貙賲丕賱匕賷 兀丿禺賱 兀賮睾丕賳爻鬲丕賳 賮賷 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓 責 貙 賴賱 丨丿賷孬賴賲 賯亘賱 丕賱鬲賯爻賷賲 兀賲 亘毓丿賴 責 貙 賲賳 賷賰乇賴 賲賳 亘丕賱囟亘胤 責 貙 賮賷 兀賷 夭賲賳 賳丨賳 責 賴賱 鬲鬲丨丿孬 賮賷 丕賱賲丕囟賷 兀賲 丕賱丨丕囟乇 兀賲 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 責
賷丕 乇亘賷
丨爻賳丕賸 丨爻賳丕賸 賱丕 兀乇賷丿 兀賳 兀毓乇賮 兀賷賳 賳丨賳 賵毓賱丕賲 賷鬲賰賱賲賵丕 亘丕賱囟亘胤
賴匕丕 賲丕鬲賳鬲賴賷 廿賱賷賴
爻 :-
賴賱 賱丿賷賰 兀賯賵丕賱 兀禺乇賶責
噩 :-
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 - 禺賱丕賱 丕賱孬賱丕孬賲丕卅丞 氐賮丨丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賱賰賷 兀賰賵賳 丿賯賷賯丕賸 - 賯氐鬲賴丕 賲賲賱丞 貙 賱賳 鬲噩丿 賮賷賴丕 兀賱賲丕賸 賷鬲毓賱賯 亘賴 賯賱亘賰 賵賱丕 賮賽賰乇丕賸 賷噩匕亘 丕賳鬲亘丕賴 毓賯賱賰 貙 廿賷賯丕毓賴丕 亘胤卅 貙 丕賱爻乇丿 賮賷賴丕 賲卮鬲賽鬲 貙 丕賱噩賲賱 丕賱廿毓鬲乇丕囟賷丞 囟乇亘鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 賲賯鬲賱
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 禺賷亘鬲 丌賲丕賱賷 貙 毓氐乇鬲購 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賶 毓卮乇賷賳 賰賷賱賵 賲賳 丕賱賱賷賲賵賳 丨鬲賶 兀賰賲賱賴丕 貙 鬲毓賱賯鬲 丌賲丕賱賷 亘丌乇丕亍 丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賯亘賱 丕賱亘丿亍 貙 賵鬲毓賱賷賯丕鬲 丕賱賯購乇丕亍 毓賱賶 鬲丨丿賷孬丕鬲賷 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 貙 賵賱賰賳賷 丌爻賮賹 賱賴賲 噩賲賷毓丕賸 貙 賵賯鬲賷 賱丕賷爻賲丨 亘鬲丨賲賱 賴匕丕 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 匕賱賰 貙 乇亘賲丕 丕賱毓賷亘 賮賷 貙 乇亘賲丕 賱賵 賰賳鬲 賮賷 廿噩丕夭丞 兀賵 賲鬲賮乇睾丕賸 賰賳鬲 鬲丨賲賱鬲賴丕 丨鬲賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 .
丕賳鬲賴賶 丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯
鬲賲鬲
August 1, 2013
賲賳匕 夭賲賳 賱賲 丕毓胤賷 5 賳噩賵賲.賱賰賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲爻鬲丨賯 賰賱 丕賱禺賲爻丞.賮丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 噩賲毓鬲 賮賷 匕賰丕亍 禺賷賵胤 丕丨丿丕孬 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賲賳匕 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 丨鬲賷 亘毓丿 11 爻亘鬲賲亘乇 亘爻賱丕爻丞 噩賲賷賱丞.
賴匕賴 丕賱氐賵乇丞 鬲毓亘乇 鬲毓亘賷乇 鬲丕賲 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賴賷 亘賰賱 丕賳丕賯丞 丕賵囟丨鬲 丿賵乇 丕賱毓賲 爻丕賲 賮賷 賲氐丕卅亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲.
鬲丨賰賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 賮鬲丕丞 賷丕亘丕賳賷丞 賳噩鬲 賲賳 賳噩丕夭丕賰賷 賵賮賯丿鬲 賮賷賴丕 賰賱 卮賷亍 丨鬲賷 丕噩夭丕亍 賲賳 乇賵丨賴丕 賮賯丿鬲賴丕 賲毓 丕噩夭丕亍 噩賱丿賴丕 丕賱賲丨鬲乇賯丞 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 鬲賵賯賮鬲 賵亘丨孬鬲 賮賱賲 丕賰賳 賯乇兀鬲 賰孬賷乇丕 毓賳 賳噩丕夭丕賰賷 賵 丕賰孬乇 賲丕 賴丕賱賳賷 丕賱丨噩噩 丕賱賲睾乇賵乇丞 賱賱丨賰賵賲丞 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰賷丞 亘賰賱 毓噩乇賮丞 賷賯賵賱賵賳 賴匕丕 賰丕賳 賱丕賳賯丕匕 丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰賷賷賳 賵賱爻賳丕 賳丕丿賲賷賳 (賴賱 鬲胤丕賱亘 丕賱卮禺氐 賲毓丿賵賲 丕賱囟賲賷乇 丕賳 賷賳丿賲) 亘賱 賵 氐賱 丕賳毓丿丕賲 丕賳爻丕賳賷丕鬲賴賲 丕賱賷 丕賱鬲賵賯賮 賵丕賱鬲氐賵賷乇 賵 丕賳夭丕賱 賲毓丿丕鬲 丕賱賯賷丕爻 賵賰兀賳賴賲 賷噩乇賵賳 鬲噩乇亘丞 毓賱賷 賮卅乇丕賳 賮賷 賲毓賲賱!!! 賴賷乇賵卮賷賲丕 賱賲 鬲賰賮賷賴賲 賮賯丿 賰丕賳 賱丿賷賴賲 賳賵毓 丕禺乇 賲賳 丕賱賯賳丕亘賱 丕賱賳賵賵賷丞 賱賲 賷賲 鬲噩乇亘鬲賴.
丕賰孬乇 賲丕 賷匕賴賱賳賷 賮賷 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 賰賷賮 丕賳 賴鬲賱乇 丨賲賱 賵丨丿賴 賱賯亘 丕賱爻賮丕丨 賮賷賴丕 賵 丨賲賱 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰丕賳 賱賯亘 丕賱丕亘胤丕賱!!!! 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳 丕賳毓賰爻鬲 丕賱丕賷丞 賵 丕賳鬲氐乇 賴鬲賱乇 賰丕賳鬲 賯丿 丕賳毓賰爻鬲 丕賱丕賱賯丕亘 丕賷囟丕 賵 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 丕賳 賰賱賴賲 賲噩乇賲賵賳 賲噩乇賲 賲賳 賵囟毓 丕賱賳丕爻 賮賷 丕賮乇丕賳 賵賲噩乇賲 賲賳 丕匕丕亘賴賲 亘丕賱丕卮毓丕毓.
丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱亘丕乇丿丞 賲毓 乇賵爻賷丕 丕匕賳 賱賳丿毓賲 丕賱噩賴丕丿賷賷賳 -賷丨賲賱賵賳 丕賮賰丕乇 賲鬲胤乇賮丞 賲丕匕丕 賷賴賲 責胤丕賱賲丕 囟丿 乇賵爻賷丕 賵 賮賷 賷氐丕賱丨 丕賲乇賷賰丕 !!!!!
賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱亘丕乇丿丞 賮賷 氐丕賱丨 丕賲乇賷賰丕 .鬲氐賮賷賯
賱丕賷賴賲 胤亘毓丕 賲丕賷丨丿孬 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丕丿 丕賱賲爻賰賷賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 丿賲乇賵賴丕 亘夭乇毓 賴匕賴 丕賱禺賱丕賷丕 亘賴丕.
丕賰鬲賵丕亍 丕賲乇賷賰丕 亘氐賳賷毓賴丕 賮賷 丕賱噩賴丕丿賷賳
丕匕賳 丕賱賲爻賱賲賵賳 賰賱賴賲 丕乇賴丕亘賷賵賳 賮賱賳噩毓賱 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 噩丨賷賲丕!!!! 賲丕 丕賱賮丕乇賯 賮賷 鬲毓匕賷亘 亘囟毓丞 丕賱丕賱丕賮 賲賳 丕賱賲爻賱賲賷賳 賮賷 噩賵丕賳鬲丕賳賲賵 丨鬲賷 丕賳 賰丕賳賵丕 丕亘乇賷丕亍 丕賵 鬲卮乇賷丿 賵 賯鬲賱 亘毓囟賴賲 賮賷 丕賮睾丕賳爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 睾賷乇賴丕 賴匕丕 賲孬賱 賳噩丕夭丕賰賷 賱丨賲丕賷丞 丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰賷賷賳!!!
鬲丨賷丞 賱賰丕賲賷賱賱丕 卮賲爻賷 賮賯丿 氐丕睾鬲 賰賱 賴匕丕 賵 丕賰孬乇 亘禺賮丞 丕賱賮乇丕卮丞 毓賱賷 胤賵賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕丨丿丕孬賴丕 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賱賲爻 丕丨夭丕賳 丕賱賳丕爻 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳 丕賱氐賵乇丞 丕賱賰亘賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲賵賴 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賵噩賵賴.
賴匕賴 丕賱氐賵乇丞 鬲毓亘乇 鬲毓亘賷乇 鬲丕賲 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賴賷 亘賰賱 丕賳丕賯丞 丕賵囟丨鬲 丿賵乇 丕賱毓賲 爻丕賲 賮賷 賲氐丕卅亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲.
鬲丨賰賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 賮鬲丕丞 賷丕亘丕賳賷丞 賳噩鬲 賲賳 賳噩丕夭丕賰賷 賵賮賯丿鬲 賮賷賴丕 賰賱 卮賷亍 丨鬲賷 丕噩夭丕亍 賲賳 乇賵丨賴丕 賮賯丿鬲賴丕 賲毓 丕噩夭丕亍 噩賱丿賴丕 丕賱賲丨鬲乇賯丞 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 鬲賵賯賮鬲 賵亘丨孬鬲 賮賱賲 丕賰賳 賯乇兀鬲 賰孬賷乇丕 毓賳 賳噩丕夭丕賰賷 賵 丕賰孬乇 賲丕 賴丕賱賳賷 丕賱丨噩噩 丕賱賲睾乇賵乇丞 賱賱丨賰賵賲丞 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰賷丞 亘賰賱 毓噩乇賮丞 賷賯賵賱賵賳 賴匕丕 賰丕賳 賱丕賳賯丕匕 丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰賷賷賳 賵賱爻賳丕 賳丕丿賲賷賳 (賴賱 鬲胤丕賱亘 丕賱卮禺氐 賲毓丿賵賲 丕賱囟賲賷乇 丕賳 賷賳丿賲) 亘賱 賵 氐賱 丕賳毓丿丕賲 丕賳爻丕賳賷丕鬲賴賲 丕賱賷 丕賱鬲賵賯賮 賵丕賱鬲氐賵賷乇 賵 丕賳夭丕賱 賲毓丿丕鬲 丕賱賯賷丕爻 賵賰兀賳賴賲 賷噩乇賵賳 鬲噩乇亘丞 毓賱賷 賮卅乇丕賳 賮賷 賲毓賲賱!!! 賴賷乇賵卮賷賲丕 賱賲 鬲賰賮賷賴賲 賮賯丿 賰丕賳 賱丿賷賴賲 賳賵毓 丕禺乇 賲賳 丕賱賯賳丕亘賱 丕賱賳賵賵賷丞 賱賲 賷賲 鬲噩乇亘鬲賴.
丕賰孬乇 賲丕 賷匕賴賱賳賷 賮賷 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 賰賷賮 丕賳 賴鬲賱乇 丨賲賱 賵丨丿賴 賱賯亘 丕賱爻賮丕丨 賮賷賴丕 賵 丨賲賱 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰丕賳 賱賯亘 丕賱丕亘胤丕賱!!!! 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳 丕賳毓賰爻鬲 丕賱丕賷丞 賵 丕賳鬲氐乇 賴鬲賱乇 賰丕賳鬲 賯丿 丕賳毓賰爻鬲 丕賱丕賱賯丕亘 丕賷囟丕 賵 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 丕賳 賰賱賴賲 賲噩乇賲賵賳 賲噩乇賲 賲賳 賵囟毓 丕賱賳丕爻 賮賷 丕賮乇丕賳 賵賲噩乇賲 賲賳 丕匕丕亘賴賲 亘丕賱丕卮毓丕毓.
丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱亘丕乇丿丞 賲毓 乇賵爻賷丕 丕匕賳 賱賳丿毓賲 丕賱噩賴丕丿賷賷賳 -賷丨賲賱賵賳 丕賮賰丕乇 賲鬲胤乇賮丞 賲丕匕丕 賷賴賲 責胤丕賱賲丕 囟丿 乇賵爻賷丕 賵 賮賷 賷氐丕賱丨 丕賲乇賷賰丕 !!!!!
賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱亘丕乇丿丞 賮賷 氐丕賱丨 丕賲乇賷賰丕 .鬲氐賮賷賯
賱丕賷賴賲 胤亘毓丕 賲丕賷丨丿孬 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丕丿 丕賱賲爻賰賷賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 丿賲乇賵賴丕 亘夭乇毓 賴匕賴 丕賱禺賱丕賷丕 亘賴丕.
丕賰鬲賵丕亍 丕賲乇賷賰丕 亘氐賳賷毓賴丕 賮賷 丕賱噩賴丕丿賷賳
丕匕賳 丕賱賲爻賱賲賵賳 賰賱賴賲 丕乇賴丕亘賷賵賳 賮賱賳噩毓賱 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 噩丨賷賲丕!!!! 賲丕 丕賱賮丕乇賯 賮賷 鬲毓匕賷亘 亘囟毓丞 丕賱丕賱丕賮 賲賳 丕賱賲爻賱賲賷賳 賮賷 噩賵丕賳鬲丕賳賲賵 丨鬲賷 丕賳 賰丕賳賵丕 丕亘乇賷丕亍 丕賵 鬲卮乇賷丿 賵 賯鬲賱 亘毓囟賴賲 賮賷 丕賮睾丕賳爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 睾賷乇賴丕 賴匕丕 賲孬賱 賳噩丕夭丕賰賷 賱丨賲丕賷丞 丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰賷賷賳!!!
鬲丨賷丞 賱賰丕賲賷賱賱丕 卮賲爻賷 賮賯丿 氐丕睾鬲 賰賱 賴匕丕 賵 丕賰孬乇 亘禺賮丞 丕賱賮乇丕卮丞 毓賱賷 胤賵賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕丨丿丕孬賴丕 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賱賲爻 丕丨夭丕賳 丕賱賳丕爻 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳 丕賱氐賵乇丞 丕賱賰亘賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲賵賴 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賵噩賵賴.
March 18, 2024
Kamila Shamsie prop么s-se seguir a hist贸ria de duas fam铆lias ao longo de mais de cinco d茅cadas e outros tantos pa铆ses. Tarefa ambiciosa pass铆vel de falhas. Senti que as quatrocentas p谩ginas foram insuficientes para t茫o grande empreitada e os temas foram abordados com alguma superficialidade.
Contudo, a sensa莽茫o de que a narrativa corre de forma muito rasa focando-se somente nos grandes eventos hist贸ricos 茅 atenuada no final do livro. Foi mais um livro em que o pesar tomou conta de mim no final da leitura. Foi quando percebi que o que move esta hist贸ria 茅 sempre a estupidez humana, que incrementa o 贸dio no seu semelhante, que concebe guerras in煤teis com base no preconceito e no extremismo fan谩tico. As diferen莽as culturais, as tens玫es 茅tnicas e os conflitos sociais n茫o justificam a barb谩rie, a meu ver.
Conhecemos Hiroko Tanaka em Nagasaki, seguimos a sua fam铆lia, os Ashraf, e os Burton atrav茅s da India, Paquist茫o, Afeganist茫o e Estados Unidos. Foram anos em que estes pa铆ses foram v铆timas de acontecimentos de extrema viol锚ncia que envolveram as fam铆lias numa cadeia de m煤tua prote莽茫o. Foi uma leitura que me prendeu e desafiou, penso que a autora podia ter aprofundado mais, mas isso daria para outras quatrocentas p谩ginas.
Contudo, a sensa莽茫o de que a narrativa corre de forma muito rasa focando-se somente nos grandes eventos hist贸ricos 茅 atenuada no final do livro. Foi mais um livro em que o pesar tomou conta de mim no final da leitura. Foi quando percebi que o que move esta hist贸ria 茅 sempre a estupidez humana, que incrementa o 贸dio no seu semelhante, que concebe guerras in煤teis com base no preconceito e no extremismo fan谩tico. As diferen莽as culturais, as tens玫es 茅tnicas e os conflitos sociais n茫o justificam a barb谩rie, a meu ver.
Conhecemos Hiroko Tanaka em Nagasaki, seguimos a sua fam铆lia, os Ashraf, e os Burton atrav茅s da India, Paquist茫o, Afeganist茫o e Estados Unidos. Foram anos em que estes pa铆ses foram v铆timas de acontecimentos de extrema viol锚ncia que envolveram as fam铆lias numa cadeia de m煤tua prote莽茫o. Foi uma leitura que me prendeu e desafiou, penso que a autora podia ter aprofundado mais, mas isso daria para outras quatrocentas p谩ginas.
May 8, 2017
She had not thought of destination so much as departure, wheeling through the world with the awful freedom of someone with no one to answer to. She had become, in fact, a figure out of myth. The character who loses everything and is born anew in blood.
This book is amazing. No, scratch that. Amazing is probably too weak a word here. Think Astounding. Remarkable. The kind of book you tell your best friend to read so you can discuss it together, going over all the finer points.
I鈥檒l admit, I started the book with wary suspicions. Look at that blurb. Nagasaki and the atomic bomb. 1947 and partition. 2001 and New York City and Afghanistan. The book looks like a mess waiting to happen, but. It wasn鈥檛. In fact, it was quite miraculous how everything came together. How the lives intertwined. I have used that word quite often, but nowhere does it fit more perfectly than in this book: intertwining of fate and coincidences and relationships is a big theme in this book, and Kamila Shamsie鈥檚 canvas is the world.
But let us start at the beginning.
The Summary
Yes, I know everything can disappear in a flash of light. That doesn鈥檛 make anything less valuable.
It鈥檚 August 9, 1945, and Hiroko Tanaka, the disgraced daughter of a father who dared question the morality of children involved in Kamikaze flights, is very much in love, but with the wrong person: Konrad Weiss, a German living in Nagasaki, trying to understand their culture. In this instance, we know the bomb is going to fall, but what is more interesting is the xenophobia, the patriotism, the secrecy and the betrayals. Shamsie makes us care more about Hiroko鈥檚 mother鈥檚 death, about Konrad鈥檚 disloyal friend, about their secret love affair, than the devastation that we know is about to occur.
Since her mother鈥檚 death, she had taken to interpreting the silence from her father as an absence of anything worth communicating rather than an inability to form a new configuration with his daughter now his beloved wife is no longer around to serve as the voice to his thoughts.
That鈥檚 not to say that the bomb is just background noise. No, the bomb changes things, but we are now at the heart of those who suffered through it. There is no fine distance, no aloofness to be hidden behind. Shamsie is not concerned with talking about governments and politics; she wants you to look at the human who lives through war time, who survives, who has to learn to pick up the pieces later.
鈥淲hen the war鈥檚 over, I鈥檒l be kind.鈥�
Fast forward to 1947 and the subcontinent, where Hiroko lands into another area full of upheaval. Going to Delhi, to the home of Konrad鈥檚 sister Ilse, now the married Elizabeth Burton, Hiroko is trying to escape the brand of Hibakusha, as hard a task as removing the bird shaped scars on her back from where the kimono she was wearing at the time of the bomb burned into her skin. Tensions in the area are chaotic with the upcoming partition into India and Pakistan, and it is here that we stumble into the world of the Burtons, a British middle aged couple, and Sajjad Ashraf, the husband James鈥檚 bored servant. It is here that, even as the outside world changes, it will be Hiroko鈥檚 presence that will cause the greatest change.
She saw her words filtering into his thoughts and becoming part of the way he saw the world.
Japanese, British, Hindustani. In the first half of the book, Kamila Shamsie is obsessed with nationality: which country do we come from, and how does it affect us? The Burtons, with their disintegrating marriage and their son sent out of the country because of the conflict, are as removed a part of the subcontinent as Sajjad Ashraf is in love with it. His Dilli/Dehli, where his whole family resides, is his life. He is in love with the culture, the poetry, and as reluctant to leave the city, but his blooming romance with Hiroko and the subsequent events put a twist in fate that brings us, once again, down to the level of the human reacting to the large, the international, the encompassing.
It seemed to Sajjad these were the kinds of things said so that repetition made fact of conjecture. He鈥檇 know what to do with an Urdu masterpiece written by an Englishman. He鈥檇 read it. Why pretend it was more complicated than that?
We move swiftly from the streets of Dilli to a pit stop in Istanbul before suddenly we鈥檙e in Karachi, the living, breathing city of Pakistan, where Shamsie鈥檚 prose shines at her best. It could be because she grew up here, but there is yearning in the writing here. If not for anything else, books like these should be read just for the breathtaking command over words, the mixing of emotion and thought and politics and culture all in one perfectly formed sentence.
He cursed under his breath the government which kept trying to force religion into everything public. His mother, with her most intimate relationship with Allah, would have personally knocked on the door of Army House and told the President he should have more shame than to ask all the citizens to conduct their love affairs with the Almighty out in the open.
In Karachi is where the story starts to show its desire to connect its characters. Raza Konrad Ashraf, whose very name is an amalgamation of religions and nationalities, is the book鈥檚 product of interconnectedness, Hiroko and Sajjad鈥檚 son, and Shamsie explores parenthood and adolescence like she understands what both these dual experiences can feel like.
She was overwhelmed by a felling of sorrow for her boy, for that look in her eyes which told her he knew and had always known that he would have to take that most exceptional part of himself and put it to one side. She knew what Sajjad would say if she tried to discuss it with him: 鈥業f the greatest loss of his life is the loss of a dream he鈥檚 always known to be a dream, then he鈥檚 among the fortunate ones.鈥� He鈥檇 be right, of course, but that didn鈥檛 stop this pulling at her heart.
Throughout the book鈥檚 course we careen throughout history, from Nagasaki to Hindustan to Karachi and then finally, inevitably, to 2001, where the shadow of 9/11 looms large over New York City and Afghanistan. It is over here that the Weiss and the Burtons will find their way into the lives of the Tanaka and Ashrafs, all the while spanning across greater demographics. We are no longer just concerned with nationalities, but with ethnicities, with religion, with the divergence of groups within groups and individuals whose particular choices can affect all those around them.
It seemed the most extraordinary privilege 鈥� to have forewarning of a swerve in history, to prepare for how your life would curve around that bend.
There is much to be said about the book鈥檚 ending, and about how who we are defines what we think. But speaking too openly will only reveal an ending that should be read to be savoured.
The recommendation:
Recommended for everyone who is a fan of historical fiction/ interested in geopolitical change/ looking for a serious, good read. This book is literary fiction at its finest, not too pretentious or long to bore the reader, and not too glib or arrogant to put one off. Put this on your to-read list right now.
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This book is amazing. No, scratch that. Amazing is probably too weak a word here. Think Astounding. Remarkable. The kind of book you tell your best friend to read so you can discuss it together, going over all the finer points.
I鈥檒l admit, I started the book with wary suspicions. Look at that blurb. Nagasaki and the atomic bomb. 1947 and partition. 2001 and New York City and Afghanistan. The book looks like a mess waiting to happen, but. It wasn鈥檛. In fact, it was quite miraculous how everything came together. How the lives intertwined. I have used that word quite often, but nowhere does it fit more perfectly than in this book: intertwining of fate and coincidences and relationships is a big theme in this book, and Kamila Shamsie鈥檚 canvas is the world.
But let us start at the beginning.
The Summary
Yes, I know everything can disappear in a flash of light. That doesn鈥檛 make anything less valuable.
It鈥檚 August 9, 1945, and Hiroko Tanaka, the disgraced daughter of a father who dared question the morality of children involved in Kamikaze flights, is very much in love, but with the wrong person: Konrad Weiss, a German living in Nagasaki, trying to understand their culture. In this instance, we know the bomb is going to fall, but what is more interesting is the xenophobia, the patriotism, the secrecy and the betrayals. Shamsie makes us care more about Hiroko鈥檚 mother鈥檚 death, about Konrad鈥檚 disloyal friend, about their secret love affair, than the devastation that we know is about to occur.
Since her mother鈥檚 death, she had taken to interpreting the silence from her father as an absence of anything worth communicating rather than an inability to form a new configuration with his daughter now his beloved wife is no longer around to serve as the voice to his thoughts.
That鈥檚 not to say that the bomb is just background noise. No, the bomb changes things, but we are now at the heart of those who suffered through it. There is no fine distance, no aloofness to be hidden behind. Shamsie is not concerned with talking about governments and politics; she wants you to look at the human who lives through war time, who survives, who has to learn to pick up the pieces later.
鈥淲hen the war鈥檚 over, I鈥檒l be kind.鈥�
Fast forward to 1947 and the subcontinent, where Hiroko lands into another area full of upheaval. Going to Delhi, to the home of Konrad鈥檚 sister Ilse, now the married Elizabeth Burton, Hiroko is trying to escape the brand of Hibakusha, as hard a task as removing the bird shaped scars on her back from where the kimono she was wearing at the time of the bomb burned into her skin. Tensions in the area are chaotic with the upcoming partition into India and Pakistan, and it is here that we stumble into the world of the Burtons, a British middle aged couple, and Sajjad Ashraf, the husband James鈥檚 bored servant. It is here that, even as the outside world changes, it will be Hiroko鈥檚 presence that will cause the greatest change.
She saw her words filtering into his thoughts and becoming part of the way he saw the world.
Japanese, British, Hindustani. In the first half of the book, Kamila Shamsie is obsessed with nationality: which country do we come from, and how does it affect us? The Burtons, with their disintegrating marriage and their son sent out of the country because of the conflict, are as removed a part of the subcontinent as Sajjad Ashraf is in love with it. His Dilli/Dehli, where his whole family resides, is his life. He is in love with the culture, the poetry, and as reluctant to leave the city, but his blooming romance with Hiroko and the subsequent events put a twist in fate that brings us, once again, down to the level of the human reacting to the large, the international, the encompassing.
It seemed to Sajjad these were the kinds of things said so that repetition made fact of conjecture. He鈥檇 know what to do with an Urdu masterpiece written by an Englishman. He鈥檇 read it. Why pretend it was more complicated than that?
We move swiftly from the streets of Dilli to a pit stop in Istanbul before suddenly we鈥檙e in Karachi, the living, breathing city of Pakistan, where Shamsie鈥檚 prose shines at her best. It could be because she grew up here, but there is yearning in the writing here. If not for anything else, books like these should be read just for the breathtaking command over words, the mixing of emotion and thought and politics and culture all in one perfectly formed sentence.
He cursed under his breath the government which kept trying to force religion into everything public. His mother, with her most intimate relationship with Allah, would have personally knocked on the door of Army House and told the President he should have more shame than to ask all the citizens to conduct their love affairs with the Almighty out in the open.
In Karachi is where the story starts to show its desire to connect its characters. Raza Konrad Ashraf, whose very name is an amalgamation of religions and nationalities, is the book鈥檚 product of interconnectedness, Hiroko and Sajjad鈥檚 son, and Shamsie explores parenthood and adolescence like she understands what both these dual experiences can feel like.
She was overwhelmed by a felling of sorrow for her boy, for that look in her eyes which told her he knew and had always known that he would have to take that most exceptional part of himself and put it to one side. She knew what Sajjad would say if she tried to discuss it with him: 鈥業f the greatest loss of his life is the loss of a dream he鈥檚 always known to be a dream, then he鈥檚 among the fortunate ones.鈥� He鈥檇 be right, of course, but that didn鈥檛 stop this pulling at her heart.
Throughout the book鈥檚 course we careen throughout history, from Nagasaki to Hindustan to Karachi and then finally, inevitably, to 2001, where the shadow of 9/11 looms large over New York City and Afghanistan. It is over here that the Weiss and the Burtons will find their way into the lives of the Tanaka and Ashrafs, all the while spanning across greater demographics. We are no longer just concerned with nationalities, but with ethnicities, with religion, with the divergence of groups within groups and individuals whose particular choices can affect all those around them.
It seemed the most extraordinary privilege 鈥� to have forewarning of a swerve in history, to prepare for how your life would curve around that bend.
There is much to be said about the book鈥檚 ending, and about how who we are defines what we think. But speaking too openly will only reveal an ending that should be read to be savoured.
The recommendation:
Recommended for everyone who is a fan of historical fiction/ interested in geopolitical change/ looking for a serious, good read. This book is literary fiction at its finest, not too pretentious or long to bore the reader, and not too glib or arrogant to put one off. Put this on your to-read list right now.
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January 22, 2020
For the first two-thirds of this book it was 5-stars in my head, up there with - then the final third just became too convenient, too schematic, too obviously plotted. I could believe that someone present in Nagasaki the day the bomb was dropped could take herself to India to witness the dying days of the Raj, then the Partition and birth of Pakistan. I could even accept that her teenage son should become embroiled in the politics of Afghanistan when the Soviets invade, given his mixed heritage and the way it manifests in his features. But when the same two intertwined families also implicate themselves in post-9/11 Afghanistan, it all becomes a step too contrived - and even more unbelievable given their ages by then .
It's a shame Shamsie's judgement fails her towards the end because much of this book is just so good. There are images that are shocking: , but also a love and marriage that is deep and nuanced. Shamsie is especially good at writing scenes that are emotive without ever falling into sentimentalism.
She also manages the sweep of the book very well: as we move between sections, she fills in the gaps without recourse to clumsy narrative - though, at the same time, there are stories that take place which we never witness. For example, I wanted to know more, much more, about how Hiroko and Sajjad came to Pakistan, lived in a refugee camp, before we pick up their story, years later, in a middle class neighbourhood.
I'd say with this book we can see the writer who will emerge so triumphantly in Home Fire coming into being. This novel is still a bit too diffuse, lacking that targeted intensity of the later piece. Still, for the mingling of a family story with politics, this is very good. It's hard to write a female character who is strong and a bit abrasive yet who is also soft and loving, but Shamsie does it brilliantly with Hiroko. Overall, I'd say this is a not-quite-there-yet book, but one which gives a human face to big, global political movements.
It's a shame Shamsie's judgement fails her towards the end because much of this book is just so good. There are images that are shocking: , but also a love and marriage that is deep and nuanced. Shamsie is especially good at writing scenes that are emotive without ever falling into sentimentalism.
She also manages the sweep of the book very well: as we move between sections, she fills in the gaps without recourse to clumsy narrative - though, at the same time, there are stories that take place which we never witness. For example, I wanted to know more, much more, about how Hiroko and Sajjad came to Pakistan, lived in a refugee camp, before we pick up their story, years later, in a middle class neighbourhood.
I'd say with this book we can see the writer who will emerge so triumphantly in Home Fire coming into being. This novel is still a bit too diffuse, lacking that targeted intensity of the later piece. Still, for the mingling of a family story with politics, this is very good. It's hard to write a female character who is strong and a bit abrasive yet who is also soft and loving, but Shamsie does it brilliantly with Hiroko. Overall, I'd say this is a not-quite-there-yet book, but one which gives a human face to big, global political movements.
August 9, 2010
A twisting yarn of a book that struck me as something written fresh on the heels of 9-11. There were certain elements of the plot that I thought were probably even more impactful for readers who read this book a few years after that horrific event.
Beginning in Nagasaki, Japan, just before the second nuclear bomb drops, the story ventures to India, Turkey, Pakistan, and New York as it follows two families, one of German-English and another Japanese-Pakistani extraction. Lives mirror and intersect, and Shamsie makes some important observations about class and racial tension.
Because this book was recommended to me for my fondness for The Far Pavilions, I expected a grand, sweeping love story. No luck. The romance motif in this book is nothing like Ashok's fairy-tales. Instead the relationships are broken down jalopies, bravely forging ahead on unstable ground. On that negative note, one could also easily compare this novel to The Kite Runner for it's ties to the conflict in Afghanistan. For me, the Kite Runner is more straight-forwardly depressing. This book is much more thoughtful and introspective.
Ultimately, what was most interesting to me was the cultural soup of Japanese, German, British, Indian, Pakistani, and Americans that flavored the novel. My general takeaway was that the author wanted to show what happens when people choose to be nice to "the other", but still not treat them as equals--those actions have far-reaching, inhumane, humiliating consequences. I also thought that it was interesting to note that author dismisses the idea of using the personal element of a tragedy as the centerpiece of a larger tragedy...
Food for thought (Regarding Nagasaki):
"You lived it," Kim said. "our father died in it. Your fiance died in it. There's no shame in putting all the weight in the world on that."
It was the wrong answer.
Hiroko turned to her, face bright with anger.
"Is that why? That's why Nagasaki was such a monstrous crime? Because it happened to me?" She pulled the gloves off and threw them at Kim. "I don't want your hot chocolate," she said and stalked away.
This book brings up a lot of sediment to sift through. It wasn't always pleasant to read, but it was educational.
Beginning in Nagasaki, Japan, just before the second nuclear bomb drops, the story ventures to India, Turkey, Pakistan, and New York as it follows two families, one of German-English and another Japanese-Pakistani extraction. Lives mirror and intersect, and Shamsie makes some important observations about class and racial tension.
Because this book was recommended to me for my fondness for The Far Pavilions, I expected a grand, sweeping love story. No luck. The romance motif in this book is nothing like Ashok's fairy-tales. Instead the relationships are broken down jalopies, bravely forging ahead on unstable ground. On that negative note, one could also easily compare this novel to The Kite Runner for it's ties to the conflict in Afghanistan. For me, the Kite Runner is more straight-forwardly depressing. This book is much more thoughtful and introspective.
Ultimately, what was most interesting to me was the cultural soup of Japanese, German, British, Indian, Pakistani, and Americans that flavored the novel. My general takeaway was that the author wanted to show what happens when people choose to be nice to "the other", but still not treat them as equals--those actions have far-reaching, inhumane, humiliating consequences. I also thought that it was interesting to note that author dismisses the idea of using the personal element of a tragedy as the centerpiece of a larger tragedy...
Food for thought (Regarding Nagasaki):
"You lived it," Kim said. "our father died in it. Your fiance died in it. There's no shame in putting all the weight in the world on that."
It was the wrong answer.
Hiroko turned to her, face bright with anger.
"Is that why? That's why Nagasaki was such a monstrous crime? Because it happened to me?" She pulled the gloves off and threw them at Kim. "I don't want your hot chocolate," she said and stalked away.
This book brings up a lot of sediment to sift through. It wasn't always pleasant to read, but it was educational.
May 21, 2015
I was impressed with the scope of this novel - from Japan to Pakistan to America, and covering about half a century - it touched upon a broad spectrum of cultures, politics and lives, with the twists and turns in the story largely governed by geographic location.
For me it was all about identity, and how a sense of identity can be damaged by the horror of an atomic bomb, or by failing exams, by subterfuge, or by looking different to those around you. But as well as exploring alienation, this book explores the wonderful ties that bind people together. The loves, the loyalties and the unavoidable ambivalence that makes up the knots that keep us together.
Several people in this book have the world opened up to them via their extraordinary gifts with languages, and reading this as a monoglot I was extremely envious. This is my fantasy, an effortless learning whereby new languages simply fall into your lap, and you are able to take off to new lands or explore new cultures, with a vast chunk of you being already at home in these new places. Friends teaching friends, mother teaching son, seemingly almost by osmosis. Yeah, I was envious.
I also liked the fact that I learnt a lot from this book. We didn鈥檛 spend enough time in any one culture to be utterly immersed in it, but we touched upon some fascinating experiences 鈥� what it was like to be a German in Japan during the second world war, what it was like to be an educated Indian servant to a British family, what it was like to be in Pakistan and Afghanistan - supporting the mujahidean, what it was like to be on the run (both in Afghanistan and America), and what it was like to be a Muslim in New York after 9/11. It was most rewarding to have these experiences opened up to me.
My one criticism is that some of the relationships felt a bit forced, almost too good to be true, also sometimes people鈥檚 lives seemed to take an unnecessary negative twist....almost on a whim. I felt like jogging the author鈥檚 elbow a couple of times. Having said that, most of the people in this book were beautifully evoked, their characters drawn with exquisite sensitivity, often via dialogue. All in all I found this book both moving and gripping. An excellent read.
For me it was all about identity, and how a sense of identity can be damaged by the horror of an atomic bomb, or by failing exams, by subterfuge, or by looking different to those around you. But as well as exploring alienation, this book explores the wonderful ties that bind people together. The loves, the loyalties and the unavoidable ambivalence that makes up the knots that keep us together.
Several people in this book have the world opened up to them via their extraordinary gifts with languages, and reading this as a monoglot I was extremely envious. This is my fantasy, an effortless learning whereby new languages simply fall into your lap, and you are able to take off to new lands or explore new cultures, with a vast chunk of you being already at home in these new places. Friends teaching friends, mother teaching son, seemingly almost by osmosis. Yeah, I was envious.
I also liked the fact that I learnt a lot from this book. We didn鈥檛 spend enough time in any one culture to be utterly immersed in it, but we touched upon some fascinating experiences 鈥� what it was like to be a German in Japan during the second world war, what it was like to be an educated Indian servant to a British family, what it was like to be in Pakistan and Afghanistan - supporting the mujahidean, what it was like to be on the run (both in Afghanistan and America), and what it was like to be a Muslim in New York after 9/11. It was most rewarding to have these experiences opened up to me.
My one criticism is that some of the relationships felt a bit forced, almost too good to be true, also sometimes people鈥檚 lives seemed to take an unnecessary negative twist....almost on a whim. I felt like jogging the author鈥檚 elbow a couple of times. Having said that, most of the people in this book were beautifully evoked, their characters drawn with exquisite sensitivity, often via dialogue. All in all I found this book both moving and gripping. An excellent read.
December 12, 2012
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November 19, 2016
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February 26, 2023
Gostei muito.
O final deixou-me com um n贸 na garganta que ainda n茫o consegui desatar, talvez daqui a uns dias consiga escrever algo mais.
O final deixou-me com um n贸 na garganta que ainda n茫o consegui desatar, talvez daqui a uns dias consiga escrever algo mais.
August 14, 2021
"S铆, s茅 que todo puede desaparecer en una r谩faga de luz. Eso no lo hace menos valioso".
Una novela inmensa de una de mis escritoras favoritas ahora mismo. La pakistan铆 Kamila Shamsie sabe como nadie narrar los convulsos tiempos en los que vivimos a trav茅s de sus personajes, siempre en movimiento que cruzan fronteras, continentes, huyendo o intentando encontrarse a s铆 mismos. Es una novela muy ambiciosa por lo que cuenta y en mi opini贸n hay pocos escritores ahora mismo que me hagan entender tan bien como Kamila Shamsie, lo que significa ser musulm谩n en este momento tan complejo de la historia. A trav茅s de los lazos de dos familias, los Weiss-Burton y Tanaka-Ashraf, Shamsie nos hace entender como nadie las consecuencias de la guerra. Magn铆fica, ojal谩 nos llegar谩n m谩s obras de esta autora a Espa帽a...
"En cambio la guerra... Los paises como el tuyo siempre libran guerras pero nunca en su territorio. Vuestra enfermedad siempre se desarrolla en otro lugar. Por eso batallais m谩s que cualquier otro pa铆s, porque sois quienes menos entend茅is las implicaciones de la guerra. Deberia铆s comprenderlas mejor./i>"
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Una novela inmensa de una de mis escritoras favoritas ahora mismo. La pakistan铆 Kamila Shamsie sabe como nadie narrar los convulsos tiempos en los que vivimos a trav茅s de sus personajes, siempre en movimiento que cruzan fronteras, continentes, huyendo o intentando encontrarse a s铆 mismos. Es una novela muy ambiciosa por lo que cuenta y en mi opini贸n hay pocos escritores ahora mismo que me hagan entender tan bien como Kamila Shamsie, lo que significa ser musulm谩n en este momento tan complejo de la historia. A trav茅s de los lazos de dos familias, los Weiss-Burton y Tanaka-Ashraf, Shamsie nos hace entender como nadie las consecuencias de la guerra. Magn铆fica, ojal谩 nos llegar谩n m谩s obras de esta autora a Espa帽a...
"En cambio la guerra... Los paises como el tuyo siempre libran guerras pero nunca en su territorio. Vuestra enfermedad siempre se desarrolla en otro lugar. Por eso batallais m谩s que cualquier otro pa铆s, porque sois quienes menos entend茅is las implicaciones de la guerra. Deberia铆s comprenderlas mejor./i>"
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August 6, 2015
The Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, which was obliterated on 9 August 1945. The replacement was built in 1959 - Photograph: Shigeo Hayashi/Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
鈥漇ombras Queimadas鈥� o quinto romance da paquistanesa Kamila Shamsie (n. 1973) est谩 dividido em quatro partes: 鈥漁 Mundo ainda Desconhecido鈥� (Nagas谩qui, 9 de Agosto de 1945), 鈥漃谩ssaros Velados鈥� (Deli, 1947), 鈥滸uerreiros Meio-Anjos鈥� (Paquist茫o, 1982 鈥� 1983) e 鈥滱 Velocidade Necess谩ria para Substituir a Perda (Nova Iorque, Afeganist茫o, 2001 鈥� 2002) numa narrativa que come莽a com um acontecimento tr谩gico para a jovem mulher de vinte e um anos, Hiroko Tanaka, apaixonada pelo idealista alem茫o Konrad Weiss - o deflagrar a 9 de Agosto de 1945 da bomba at贸mica em Nagas谩qui.
Nagas谩qui, Jap茫o 9 de Agosto de 1945
Hiroko Tanaka acaba por sobreviver com queimaduras nas costas em forma de tr锚s p谩ssaros, tr锚s grous pretos, modulados pelo estampado do quimono que vestia, cicatrizes para a vida e que relembram a morte do seu noivo Konrad Weiss, um amor e um futuro perdido, uma 鈥渟ombra queimada鈥�.
Em 1947, ap贸s um luto solit谩rio e doloroso, Hiroko Tanaka parte para Deli, 脥ndia em 鈥渂usca鈥� das ra铆zes de Konrad Weiss, da meia-irm茫, Elizabeth/Ilse, casada com o advogado colonialista ingl锚s James Burton, que tem no jovem mu莽ulmano Sajjad Ashraf, um 鈥渟ervo鈥� e um empregado bonito, inteligente e bem-humorado.
Uma amizade e uma hist贸ria amor que se inicia com consequ锚ncias imprevis铆veis鈥�
鈥漇ombras Queimadas鈥� 茅 um livro complexo e abrangente, ambicioso na tem谩tica e nas liga莽玫es hist贸ricas entre os v谩rios eventos, com um conjunto inesquec铆vel de personagens, com destaque para Hiroko Tanaka e Sajjad Ashraf, o filho ambos Raza; os Burton, James e Elizabeth/Ilse, do filho do casal Henry/Harry e da sua filha Kim; um relato intenso e emocional sobre 鈥淒uas fam铆lias, duas vers玫es da dan莽a da aranha. Os Ashraf 鈥� Tanaka, os Weiss 鈥� Burton 鈥� as suas hist贸rias juntas, a hist贸ria de uma bomba, a hist贸ria de uma p谩tria perdida, a hist贸ria de um homem abatido a tiro junto 脿s docas, a hist贸ria do colete 脿 prova de bala ignorado, a hist贸ria de fugir sozinho do maior poder do Mundo.鈥� (P谩g. 426)
Kamila Shamsie escreve um excelente romance - numa narrativa intensa e uma prosa po茅tica - fragmentado no tempo e no espa莽o, com a ac莽茫o a decorrer em aproximadamente cinquenta e sete anos, com destaque para eventos hist贸ricos, alguns deles catastr贸ficos 鈥� a deflagra莽茫o da segunda bomba at贸mica em Nagas谩qui, Jap茫o, a 鈥減artilha鈥� da 脥ndia brit芒nica, com a cria莽茫o da 脥ndia e do Paquist茫o, a constru莽茫o da bomba at贸mica e os testes nucleares da 脥ndia e do Paquist茫o, a invas茫o sovi茅tica do Afeganist茫o, o 11 de Setembro, a radicaliza莽茫o isl芒mica 鈥� num contexto de hist贸rias pessoais e pol铆ticas, um relato convincente sobre o amor, a lealdade, a incompreens茫o, a desilus茫o, a desconfian莽a, a culpa, a trai莽茫o e a reden莽茫o.
Kamila Shamsie (n. 1973)
November 29, 2015
(賰丕賳鬲 賴賳丕賰 丨賰丕賷丞 毓賳 亘賳鬲 賷夭丨賮 賳丕丨賷鬲賴丕 兀亘賵賴丕 丕賱賲丨鬲囟乇賮賷 賴賷卅丞 爻丨賱賷丞 賵賯丿 兀乇毓亘鬲賴丕 亘卮丕毓鬲賴 丨鬲賶 廿賳賴丕 丕爻鬲睾乇賯鬲 爻賳賵丕鬲 賱鬲賮賴賲 兀賳 丌禺乇 丨乇賰丞 賯丕賲 亘賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 賳丕丨賷鬲賴丕 亘毓丿 兀賳 賯囟賶 毓賲乇賴 賰賱賴 賷亘鬲毓丿 毓賳賴丕貙 賵兀禺乇賶 毓賳 賵賱丿 賴夭賵賴 賱賷賵賯馗賵賴 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵賷禺亘乇賵賴 兀賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 丨賱賲賸丕貙 賵賰匕賱賰 賰丕賳 賰賱 賲賳 兀丨亘賴賲 賮賷賴丕貙 賵兀賳 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱賲鬲賮丨賲貙 賴匕丕 丕賱爻噩賳貙 賴匕賴 丕賱賵丨丿丞貙 賴賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞. 毓賳 賰丕卅賳丕鬲 賮賷 賰鬲亘貙 亘馗賴賵乇 賯乇賲夭賷丞貙 賵兀毓賲丿丞 賮賯乇賷丞 賲賰爻賵乇丞貙 賯丿賲鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 賯乇亘丕賳賸丕貙 賱卅賱丕 鬲毓賷卮 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 賷毓鬲亘乇 賰賱 賲丕 禺購胤 賮賷賴 囟乇亘丕 賲賳 丕賱禺賷丕賱. 毓賳 丕賲乇兀丞 賮賯丿鬲 卮毓賵乇賴丕 賮賳賮匕鬲 丕賱賳丕乇 賲賳 馗賴乇賴丕 賵丨乇賯鬲 賯賱亘賴丕 丨鬲賶 鬲乇賶 噩孬丞 賲賵賱賵丿 氐睾賷乇貙賵賱丕 鬲賮賰乇 賮賷 卮卅 爻賵賶 兀賳賴 爻賷賰賵賳 賴賳丕賰 噩孬丞 兀禺乇賶貙 毓賳 乇噩丕賱 賵賳爻丕亍 賷爻賷乇賵賳 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 賲賳 丕賱馗賱丕賱 賷亘丨孬賵賳 毓賳 兀丨亘丕卅賴賲貙毓賳 賵丨賵卮 鬲亘爻胤 兀噩賳丨鬲賴丕 賵 鬲丨胤 毓賱賶 噩賱丿 丕賱亘卮乇 賵鬲乇賯丿 賴賳丕賰 賮賷 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 丕賳賯囟丕亍 賲丿鬲賴丕貙 毓賳 噩賷卮 兀亘丕賱爻丞 噩賴賳賲賷 兀爻賯胤鬲賴 丕賱爻賲丕亍 賱賷賯鬲賱 亘賲噩乇丿 兀賳 賷毓丕賳賯貙 毓賳 賲毓賱賲丞 鬲毓賷卮 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 鬲丿亘 賮賷賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲亘貙 賵賱丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱賴乇亘 賲賳 賰鬲丕亘 丕賱鬲卮乇賷丨 丕賱匕賷 鬲賱丕丨賯賴丕 氐賵乇 賲賳賴 賮賷 賰賱 賲賰丕賳 鬲匕賴亘 廿賱賷賴 氐賵乇 賱兀噩爻丕丿 丨賷賳 賷鬲賵賯賮 賰賱 卮卅 賮賷賴丕 毓賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞)
鬲賱賰 賱賷爻鬲 丨賰丕賷丞 禺賷丕賱賷丞 賲賳 賯氐氐 兀賱賮 賱賷賱丞 賵賱賷賱丞貙 賵賱丕 兀爻胤賵乇丞 賮賱賰賱賵乇賷丞貙 賵賱丕 賯氐丞 鬲丨賰賷賴丕 噩賳賷丞 亘丨乇 貙 廿賳賲丕 賴賷 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 丕賱賲噩乇丿丞貙 丨賯賷賯丞 賲丕 丨丿孬 賮賷 賳丕噩丕夭丕賰賷 賮賷 丕賱賷丕亘丕賳 廿孬乇 丕賱賯丕亍 丕賱賯賳亘賱丞 丕賱賳賵賵賷丞貙 毓賳丿賲丕 賷賳爻賱禺 丕賱噩賱丿 賵賷亘賯賶 丕賱賰丕卅賳 丨賷貙 毓賳丿賲丕 賷鬲卮賵賴 丕賱亘卮乇 賵賷毓丕賳賵賳 丌賱丕賲賸丕 賱丕 胤丕賯丞 賱亘卮乇 亘賴丕貙 賵丕賱兀賳賰賶 賲賳 匕賱賰 兀賳賴丕 鬲賱丕夭賲賴賲 胤賵賱 丕賱丨賷丕丞貙丕賱賳氐 丕賱爻丕亘賯 賰賱 丨乇賮 賮賷賴 丨賯賷賯丞貙 廿賳賴丕 賯氐丞 丕賱馗賱丕賱 丕賱賲丨鬲乇賯丞 .
賳丕噩丕夭丕賰賷 賵丿賱賴賷 兀賵丕禺乇 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞貙 廿爻賱丕賲 丌亘丕丿 賵賰乇丕鬲卮賷 廿亘丕賳 丨賯亘丞 丕賱孬賲丕賳賷賳丕鬲貙 兀賮睾丕賳爻鬲丕賳 賵 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 賮賷 賲胤賱毓 丕賱兀賱賮賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞貙 亘賷賳 匕賱賰 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賵丕賱夭賲丕賳 鬲丿賵乇 兀丨丿丕孬 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 兀賱賲 丕賱亘卮乇 賵丕睾鬲乇丕亘賴賲 賵睾乇亘鬲賴賲 貙 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 廿賲乇兀丞 賷丕亘丕賳賷丞 兀丨亘鬲 兀賱賲丕賳賷 賮賯囟賶 賳丨亘賴 賮賷 丕賱賯賳亘賱丞 丕賱賳賵賵賷丞貙 賵鬲乇賰鬲 毓賱賶 噩爻丿賴丕 丌孬丕乇 賱丕 鬲賳賲丨賷貙 賵鬲乇賰鬲 賮賷 賳賮爻賴丕 噩乇賵丨賸丕 賱丕 鬲賳丿賲賱貙 鬲爻丕賮乇 亘毓丿賴丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賴賳丿 賱賲賯丕亘賱丞 卮賯賷賯丞 丨亘賷亘賴丕貙 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷丞 丕賱賲鬲夭賵噩丞 賲賳 亘乇賷胤丕賳賷 賵丨賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱夭賵噩賷丞 賲賵囟丞 賱賱丕賳鬲賴丕亍貙 賱鬲賯丕亘賱 毓賳丿賴賲丕 匕賱賰 丕賱賴賳丿賷 丕賱賲爻賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賷睾賷乇 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賵鬲睾賷乇 丨賷丕鬲賴 賴賱賶 丕賱丕禺乇賶.
賮賷 丿乇亘 丕賱睾乇亘丞 鬲丿賵乇 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 毓賲丕 賮毓賱鬲賴 丕賱丨乇賵亘 亘賳丕貙 賵賲丕 賮毓賱賴 丕賱廿乇賴丕亘 亘丕賱毓丕賱賲.
毓賳 丕賱賮賯丿 賮賷 兀亘卮毓 氐賵乇賴.
乇賵丕賷丞噩賲賷賱丞 賲賲鬲毓丞 貙 賵鬲乇噩賲丞 廿賷賲丕賳 丨乇夭丕賱賱賴賲匕賴賱丞 亘賰賱 賲毓賳賶 丕賱賰賱賲丞.
24-11-2015
March 26, 2016
This has quickly become one of my favourite books of all time. It's an important and beautifully written read, give it a chance.
September 2, 2021
It is a saga of two families whose lives are inextricably intertwined. It is an epic tale sweeping across continents over a sixty-year period. by begins in Nagasaki on August 9, 1945; goes to India just before partition in 1947; to Pakistan in 1982-1983; and concludes in New York and Afghanistan in 2001-2002.
The central figure is Hiroko Tanaka, a Nagasaki resident. The novel opens with her as a twenty-one-year-old and engaged to a man of English and German descent. When the atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Hiroko loses her fianc茅 and her father. In addition to her emotional and psychological scars, Hiroko carries disfiguring burn scars on her back. Having lost everything in Nagasaki, she decides to make a clean break. She visits her fianc茅鈥檚 half-sister, Elizabeth Weiss, who lives in India with her husband, James Burton. There she meets and marries Sajjad Ashraf, a Muslim employed by the Burtons. The partition in India forces the newly-weds to relocate temporarily to Istanbul then to Pakistan which they call home for nearly twenty years until Sajjad鈥檚 untimely death. Hiroko then relocates to New York to live with Elizabeth. The ties connecting the Tanakas, the Ashrafs, and the Burtons extend to their respective children, Henry Burton and Raza Ashraf, and to Henry鈥檚 daughter, Kim Burton.
Shamsie skillfully infuses the different time frames and locations with historical and political events. Through Hiroko鈥檚 eyes, we see Nagasaki in the aftermath of the atomic bomb. We see the escalating tensions in India between British colonists, Hindus, and Muslims. From neighboring Pakistan, we see Afghanistan鈥檚 armed struggle against Russian occupation. And in New York, we see the aftermath of 9/11.
Set against the backdrop of global conflicts over a period of nearly sixty years, this family saga wrestles with a number of complex issues. Scenes throughout reveal cross-cultural conflicts, racism, cultural understanding, cultural arrogance, ethnocentrism, loyalty, sacrifice, family, othering, betrayal, and the displacement of a civilian population. The four sections are seamlessly woven together with transitional passages to explain the leaps in time and location. The characters are unique, believable, and speak in authentic voices.
Shamsie鈥檚 portrayal of Hiroko is particularly effective. She emerges as independent, loving, strong, tender, adaptable, and the anchor which binds the narrative and families together. Her fluency in several languages illustrates how language facilitates understanding and appreciation of a culture. But fluency in languages and dialects can also have catastrophic consequences, as evidenced by Raza. Having inherited his mother鈥檚 language skills, Raza sets in motion a series of events which end tragically. Hiroko鈥檚 character also contrasts racism with acceptance of the other. When Kim Burton seeks understanding for reporting an Afghan Muslim to authorities solely on the basis of a shared religion with the 9/11 terrorists, Hiroko responds with, 鈥淪hould I look at you and see Harry Truman?鈥� Enough said.
A very powerful and compelling novel showing the impact of global conflicts on the lives of individuals. Told with compassion and sensitivity in immersive, riveting language.
Very highly recommended.
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The central figure is Hiroko Tanaka, a Nagasaki resident. The novel opens with her as a twenty-one-year-old and engaged to a man of English and German descent. When the atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Hiroko loses her fianc茅 and her father. In addition to her emotional and psychological scars, Hiroko carries disfiguring burn scars on her back. Having lost everything in Nagasaki, she decides to make a clean break. She visits her fianc茅鈥檚 half-sister, Elizabeth Weiss, who lives in India with her husband, James Burton. There she meets and marries Sajjad Ashraf, a Muslim employed by the Burtons. The partition in India forces the newly-weds to relocate temporarily to Istanbul then to Pakistan which they call home for nearly twenty years until Sajjad鈥檚 untimely death. Hiroko then relocates to New York to live with Elizabeth. The ties connecting the Tanakas, the Ashrafs, and the Burtons extend to their respective children, Henry Burton and Raza Ashraf, and to Henry鈥檚 daughter, Kim Burton.
Shamsie skillfully infuses the different time frames and locations with historical and political events. Through Hiroko鈥檚 eyes, we see Nagasaki in the aftermath of the atomic bomb. We see the escalating tensions in India between British colonists, Hindus, and Muslims. From neighboring Pakistan, we see Afghanistan鈥檚 armed struggle against Russian occupation. And in New York, we see the aftermath of 9/11.
Set against the backdrop of global conflicts over a period of nearly sixty years, this family saga wrestles with a number of complex issues. Scenes throughout reveal cross-cultural conflicts, racism, cultural understanding, cultural arrogance, ethnocentrism, loyalty, sacrifice, family, othering, betrayal, and the displacement of a civilian population. The four sections are seamlessly woven together with transitional passages to explain the leaps in time and location. The characters are unique, believable, and speak in authentic voices.
Shamsie鈥檚 portrayal of Hiroko is particularly effective. She emerges as independent, loving, strong, tender, adaptable, and the anchor which binds the narrative and families together. Her fluency in several languages illustrates how language facilitates understanding and appreciation of a culture. But fluency in languages and dialects can also have catastrophic consequences, as evidenced by Raza. Having inherited his mother鈥檚 language skills, Raza sets in motion a series of events which end tragically. Hiroko鈥檚 character also contrasts racism with acceptance of the other. When Kim Burton seeks understanding for reporting an Afghan Muslim to authorities solely on the basis of a shared religion with the 9/11 terrorists, Hiroko responds with, 鈥淪hould I look at you and see Harry Truman?鈥� Enough said.
A very powerful and compelling novel showing the impact of global conflicts on the lives of individuals. Told with compassion and sensitivity in immersive, riveting language.
Very highly recommended.
My book reviews are also available at
September 28, 2009
I read so much, and so quickly, that it takes a rare exception of a book to send me searching for post-it notes and a pen to write down quotes from the writing. I found the writing in this book so compelling, that I stopped reading everything else for two whole days and just immersed myself in the story of a woman who finds herself in the midst of several acts of war in the lifetime. From Nagasaki where she is scared mentally and physically, to Delhi where she runs with her new husband from the violence that surrounds the retreat of England, to the rise of the Taliban in Pakistan where she almost looses her son, to her retirement in New York city in 2001, where she lives with a dear old friend. There is so much that happens in this book, I really can't even begin to summarize the plot further than that.
"Two years after the war, they could accept an ally of Hitler sooner than they could accept someone of a different class."
Although all those circumstances may seem contrived to put together in one book, this book was so believable, that we kept catching ourselves at my bookclub talking about the characters as if they were people we knew. But in some ways they are. We are all expats living in Asia, most of us have lived in several countries, and most of us had had cross-cultural relationships. Although we haven't directly lived in the path of war, this book is us.
"We were just young and foolish, what did we know about each other? Almost nothing. It was luck, pure luck, that we discovered after marriage that our natures were so sympathetic to each other."
I don't know if a truer statement has been written about the vibe of an Asian city, "...world's urban tribes as they enter unfamiliar landscapes of chaos and possibility.. cars using their horns in a complicated and unrelenting exchange about power, intention, and mis-trust."
"Two years after the war, they could accept an ally of Hitler sooner than they could accept someone of a different class."
Although all those circumstances may seem contrived to put together in one book, this book was so believable, that we kept catching ourselves at my bookclub talking about the characters as if they were people we knew. But in some ways they are. We are all expats living in Asia, most of us have lived in several countries, and most of us had had cross-cultural relationships. Although we haven't directly lived in the path of war, this book is us.
"We were just young and foolish, what did we know about each other? Almost nothing. It was luck, pure luck, that we discovered after marriage that our natures were so sympathetic to each other."
I don't know if a truer statement has been written about the vibe of an Asian city, "...world's urban tribes as they enter unfamiliar landscapes of chaos and possibility.. cars using their horns in a complicated and unrelenting exchange about power, intention, and mis-trust."
March 24, 2022
Me ha encantado, un libro muy intimista y po茅tico
August 14, 2009
A wonderful read, terrifying in parts, heart-breaking in others and beautifully written throughout - this story has had a huge impact on me and I know it will linger for a long while.
From the beginning of the book when the atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, the effects of this act and of war on the familes involved in the story line shows just how pointless war is.
Kamila Shamsie paints some vivid pictures that are difficult to shift and often invoke high emotion.
I'd highly recommend this novel
From the beginning of the book when the atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, the effects of this act and of war on the familes involved in the story line shows just how pointless war is.
Kamila Shamsie paints some vivid pictures that are difficult to shift and often invoke high emotion.
I'd highly recommend this novel
December 11, 2017
H谩 livros que est茫o arrumados na estante h谩 anos e nunca foram lidos e n茫o sabemos porqu锚. N茫o me lembro sequer de ter comprado este livro; talvez tenha sido uma oferta ou alguma promo莽茫o. A capa, o t铆tulo e a sinopse s茫o apelativos, mas o livro j谩 teve arrumado no fundo da prateleira, j谩 esteve numa pilha para ser vendido, e s贸 na semana passada 茅 que peguei nele, ao acaso, por n茫o ter ideia concreta do que ler depois de ter acabado o romance do Afonso Cruz.
Embora n茫o seja uma obra liter谩ria de excel锚ncia, 茅 um livro muito bem conseguido, na medida em que condensa 60 anos de hist贸ria em pouco mais do que 400 p谩ginas, onde se cruzam v谩rias personagens, v谩rias d茅cadas e v谩rio pa铆ses.
A hist贸ria decorre em quatro momentos diferentes no tempo: 1945, em Nagas谩qui, aquando do lan莽amento da bomba at贸mica; 1947, em Deli (脥ndia); 1982-83, em Carachi (Paquist茫o); e 2001-2002, em Nova Iorque e Afeganist茫o. Hiroko e o seu trajecto de vida s茫o os fios condutores desta hist贸ria, que se desenrola com fluidez e clareza. Recomendo.
Embora n茫o seja uma obra liter谩ria de excel锚ncia, 茅 um livro muito bem conseguido, na medida em que condensa 60 anos de hist贸ria em pouco mais do que 400 p谩ginas, onde se cruzam v谩rias personagens, v谩rias d茅cadas e v谩rio pa铆ses.
A hist贸ria decorre em quatro momentos diferentes no tempo: 1945, em Nagas谩qui, aquando do lan莽amento da bomba at贸mica; 1947, em Deli (脥ndia); 1982-83, em Carachi (Paquist茫o); e 2001-2002, em Nova Iorque e Afeganist茫o. Hiroko e o seu trajecto de vida s茫o os fios condutores desta hist贸ria, que se desenrola com fluidez e clareza. Recomendo.
June 30, 2009
This book, from the Orange Prize shortlist, has had terribly mixed reviews. How can a book that tries to tie together the bombing of Nagasaki, the partition of India, the Afghan conflict and 9/11 possibly work? Well, it does - I absolutely loved it. Hiroko is a wonderful character - she lives on the page in a way a character hasn't for me in ages, and she's the anchor that holds this enormous story together. The writing is quite beautiful - some of the imagery will really stay with me, but it really doesn't spoil the narative, quite the opposite. The moments of tenderness - her time with Konrad, the beginning of her relationship with her husband, after some of the deaths (there's a few - they make you ache with grief...) - are quite superb. The narrative thrust is sustained and ambitious - it's a blooming good story, well told. Learnt a fair bit about the politics (India/Pakistan/Afghanistan) that I didn't know before too, but in the nicest way - by slow immersion in a wonderful story. A definite 10/10 for me...
November 21, 2023
賲賱丨賲丞 鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 賲匕賴賱丞 鬲亘丿兀 賲賳 丕賱賯賳亘賱丞 丕賱賳賵賵賷丞 毓賱賶 賳丕噩丕夭丕賰賷 亘丕賱賷丕亘丕賳 丕賱賶 賳賴丕賷丞 毓賴丿 胤丕賱亘丕賳 亘毓丿 賴噩賲丕鬲 佟佟 爻亘鬲賲亘乇 毓亘乇 賴賷乇賵賰賵 賵丨賷丕鬲賴丕 貙 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱卮噩賳 賵丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賵丕賱兀賱賲 賲賲鬲毓丞 賱兀賯氐賶 丨丿 .
賱賲 鬲賰賳 賮賷 賯丕卅賲丞 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 兀賳賵賷 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賲 兀亘丿丕賸 賵賱丕 亘丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 丕賱賯乇賷亘 賮賴賷 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賳丿賲鬲 毓賱賶 卮乇丕亍賴丕 賲賳匕 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賵賱賰賳賷 兀亘賯賷鬲賴丕 亘丕賱乇賮 丕賱賯乇賷亘 賲賳賷 亘爻亘亘 丿丕乇 丕賱賳卮乇 丕賱鬲賷 兀孬賯 亘廿禺鬲賷丕乇丕鬲賴丕 賰孬賷乇丕賸 貙 兀賱鬲賯胤鬲賴丕 賷丿賷 氐丿賮丞 賵丨賲賱鬲賴丕 賲毓 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 囟賲賳 兀賲鬲毓鬲賷 亘乇丨賱丞 爻乇賷毓丞 賵賱賲 兀鬲禺賷賱 兀賳賳賷 賯丿 兀賯乇兀賴丕 貙 賱賰賳 卮丕亍鬲 丕賱兀賯丿丕乇 兀賳 兀賳鬲賴賷 賲賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲噩賲賵毓丞 爻乇賷毓丕賸 賯亘賱 兀賳 鬲賳鬲賴賷 乇丨賱鬲賷 賵賱賲 賷鬲亘賯賶 賱丿賷 爻賵丕賴丕 賮賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賲噩亘乇丞 賵賳丿賲鬲 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 毓賱賶 丕賴賲丕賱賷 賱賴丕 賮鬲乇丞 胤賵賷賱丞 賲賳 丕賱夭賲賳 賵賱賰賳賷 賱賲 丕賳丿賲 毓賱賶 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 兀亘丿丕賸 . 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 毓賲丕 賯乇兀鬲賴 爻丕亘賯丕賸 賰孬賷乇丕賸 賵賲賲賷夭丞 貙 丕胤賱毓鬲賳賷 毓賱賶 丨賷丕丞 賵鬲丕乇賷禺 賱賲 兀賰賳 兀毓賱賲 亘賴 賵賱賲 賷賰賳 賲賳 丕賴鬲賲丕賲丕鬲賷 賮兀氐丕亘賳賷 丕賱丨夭賳 賰孬賷乇丕賸 亘丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賵丕賱賲丌爻賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲禺賱賮賴丕 丕賱丨乇賵亘 毓賱賶 丕賱亘卮乇 賵丕賱丿賵賱.
賳丕丿乇丕賸 賲丕 丕氐賮 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 賲乇丕噩毓丕鬲賷 丨鬲賶 賱丕 兀丨乇賯 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 毓賱賶 賲賳 賷賯乇兀賴丕 亘毓丿賷 貙 賱匕賱賰 兀賰鬲賮賷 賮賯胤 亘兀賳 兀賳氐丨 亘賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 賵亘卮丿丞.
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22-7-2017
賱賲 鬲賰賳 賮賷 賯丕卅賲丞 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 兀賳賵賷 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賲 兀亘丿丕賸 賵賱丕 亘丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 丕賱賯乇賷亘 賮賴賷 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賳丿賲鬲 毓賱賶 卮乇丕亍賴丕 賲賳匕 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賵賱賰賳賷 兀亘賯賷鬲賴丕 亘丕賱乇賮 丕賱賯乇賷亘 賲賳賷 亘爻亘亘 丿丕乇 丕賱賳卮乇 丕賱鬲賷 兀孬賯 亘廿禺鬲賷丕乇丕鬲賴丕 賰孬賷乇丕賸 貙 兀賱鬲賯胤鬲賴丕 賷丿賷 氐丿賮丞 賵丨賲賱鬲賴丕 賲毓 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 囟賲賳 兀賲鬲毓鬲賷 亘乇丨賱丞 爻乇賷毓丞 賵賱賲 兀鬲禺賷賱 兀賳賳賷 賯丿 兀賯乇兀賴丕 貙 賱賰賳 卮丕亍鬲 丕賱兀賯丿丕乇 兀賳 兀賳鬲賴賷 賲賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲噩賲賵毓丞 爻乇賷毓丕賸 賯亘賱 兀賳 鬲賳鬲賴賷 乇丨賱鬲賷 賵賱賲 賷鬲亘賯賶 賱丿賷 爻賵丕賴丕 賮賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賲噩亘乇丞 賵賳丿賲鬲 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 毓賱賶 丕賴賲丕賱賷 賱賴丕 賮鬲乇丞 胤賵賷賱丞 賲賳 丕賱夭賲賳 賵賱賰賳賷 賱賲 丕賳丿賲 毓賱賶 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 兀亘丿丕賸 . 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 毓賲丕 賯乇兀鬲賴 爻丕亘賯丕賸 賰孬賷乇丕賸 賵賲賲賷夭丞 貙 丕胤賱毓鬲賳賷 毓賱賶 丨賷丕丞 賵鬲丕乇賷禺 賱賲 兀賰賳 兀毓賱賲 亘賴 賵賱賲 賷賰賳 賲賳 丕賴鬲賲丕賲丕鬲賷 賮兀氐丕亘賳賷 丕賱丨夭賳 賰孬賷乇丕賸 亘丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賵丕賱賲丌爻賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲禺賱賮賴丕 丕賱丨乇賵亘 毓賱賶 丕賱亘卮乇 賵丕賱丿賵賱.
賳丕丿乇丕賸 賲丕 丕氐賮 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 賲乇丕噩毓丕鬲賷 丨鬲賶 賱丕 兀丨乇賯 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 毓賱賶 賲賳 賷賯乇兀賴丕 亘毓丿賷 貙 賱匕賱賰 兀賰鬲賮賷 賮賯胤 亘兀賳 兀賳氐丨 亘賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 賵亘卮丿丞.
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September 28, 2015
乇賵丕賷丞 賲卮丨賵賳丞 亘丕賱丿乇丕賲丕 賵丕賱毓丕胤賮丞 賵丕賱丨夭賳 ..鬲亘丿兀 兀丨丿丕孬賴丕 賲賳 9 兀睾爻胤爻 1945 亘賯賳亘賱丞 賳丕噩丕夭丕賰賷 賲乇賵乇丕 亘丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 丕賱爻賵賮賷鬲賷 賱兀賮睾丕賳爻鬲丕賳 丕賱賶 亘丕賰爻鬲丕賳 賵丕丨丿丕孬 賲丕亘毓丿 丕賱丨丕丿賷 毓卮乇 賲賳 爻亘鬲賲亘乇 賵毓賵丿丞 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶 賱兀賮睾丕賳爻鬲丕賳 賴匕丕 丕賱亘賱丿 丕賱匕賷 賯丕賱 毓賳丞 兀丨丿 兀亘胤丕賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 (賲丕鬲 噩賲賷毓 賲賳 賱賰 賲丕 毓丿丕 賵丕丨丿丕賸 ,賷丕丕賱賱賴 賲丕匕丕 賮毓賱 丕賱丕賮睾丕賳 賱丨賲賱 賰賱 賴匕丞 丕賱丕丨夭丕賳責) ...乇賵丕賷丞 賲賱丨賲賷丞 兀鬲賲賳賶 兀賳 賷毓賲賱 賲賳賴丕 賮賱賲
丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 亘賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲卮 賵賱丕亘丿..丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賲賮鬲賵丨丞 賲丕兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷 丿丕卅賲丕 賵賲丕夭賱鬲 兀賰乇丞 丕賱賳賴丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲賮鬲賵丨丞.
丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 亘賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲卮 賵賱丕亘丿..丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賲賮鬲賵丨丞 賲丕兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷 丿丕卅賲丕 賵賲丕夭賱鬲 兀賰乇丞 丕賱賳賴丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲賮鬲賵丨丞.
February 2, 2023
A new favourite 鉁� by this author! Picking up more asap!
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