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Street of Thieves
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"I have made use of the world. Life consumes everything- books accompany us,...in revolt or resignation, in faith or abondonment."
This is the first book of Enard that I read, and I enjoyed it very much. Enard is a professor of Arabic at the University of Barcelona. He lived in Middle East and knows colonial North Africa. His writing has a dreamy, naive tone and at times reminded me of Romain Gary (Emile Ajar).
The book takes us to many places but mostly to Morocco and Spain. The protagonist is a romantic book lover, however a very unlucky one. Through the story we relive the events of Arab Spring, fundamentalist abuse of religion, the deadly combination of ignorance and poverty.
Its a tragedy, love story, a suspense, a traveler's blog; all in one.
This is the first book of Enard that I read, and I enjoyed it very much. Enard is a professor of Arabic at the University of Barcelona. He lived in Middle East and knows colonial North Africa. His writing has a dreamy, naive tone and at times reminded me of Romain Gary (Emile Ajar).
The book takes us to many places but mostly to Morocco and Spain. The protagonist is a romantic book lover, however a very unlucky one. Through the story we relive the events of Arab Spring, fundamentalist abuse of religion, the deadly combination of ignorance and poverty.
Its a tragedy, love story, a suspense, a traveler's blog; all in one.
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March 8, 2018
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March 8, 2018
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Mar 08, 2018 11:15AM
Just started to read this, and had the urge to share it. I liked his style so far, east meets west, dreamy and funny too; but I am at the the end of 1st chapter yet. Brina and Candi this one may be for you.
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Really going great so far at page 60
