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Soprannominata "La Divina" da suo nonno, in omaggio a Sarah Bernhardt, Sarah Nour el-Din, la protagonista del romanzo, è nata a Beirut, e cresce negli anni difficili della guerra civile. Eppure non si abbatte, non perde mai, anche nelle situazioni più difficili, la sua smagliante voglia di vivere e il suo desiderio di piacere. Nelle trasgressioni dell'adolescenza - la prima sigaretta, il primo bacio, la ribellione verso la severa matrigna, la scoperta dell'eros - e nell'età adulta - in cui affronta il fallimento del proprio matrimonio, la perdita del figlio e l'internamento di una sorella - Sarah rimane profondamente se stessa e, anzi, decide di raccontare, senza pudori e senza remore, la sua storia.
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- Pagine: 336
- Data di uscita: 06-09-2017
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Tante false partenze Sarah Nour el-Din nasce a Beirut da un padre libanese e una madre americana che ben presto sparirà dalla sua vita. Una famiglia medio borghese con un nonno follemente innamorato della Divina Sarah Bernhardt, tanto da riversare sulla nipote non solo il nome della beniamina ma
'I, The Divine' retells the story of Sarah, a woman whose life is floating on a sea of ennui and intermittent bouts of self-loathing and nostalgia; a woman whose past is told and retold in different ways and, on occasion, by different narrators and whose aims isn't to reach an apotheosis per se, but Leggi tutto
هنا لبنان المهجر ...وهذه أفعال الفربة التي نكست بمهاجريها قسرا ....رواية مليئة بتفاصيل موجعة رغم سلاسة سردها ... الأتراح فيها تفوق الأفراح والوجع يطن أنينه في قلب قارئ الرواية قبل أن تدمع عيناه. في أواخر سبيعنيات القرن السابق وبداية ثمانينياته فعلت الحرب أهوالها بلبنان حزين ممزق أثره واضح في رواية رب Leggi tutto
This is a novel that, to all intents and purposes, should not work at all. The gimmick of an entire novel composed of false stops and starts of a Lebanese-American woman’s memoir – hence the ‘A Novel in First Chapters’ of the sub-title – should just be that, a gimmick. For how else how can you possib Leggi tutto
"I have been blessed with many curses in my life, not the least of which was being born half Lebanese and half American. Throughout my life, these contradictory parts battled endlessly, clashed, never coming to a satisfactory conclusion." An exceptionally brilliant prose. The story of Sarah....Al
رواية عظيمة، أصعب من أن تُختصر في مراجعة سريعة، بل ربّما من الأخلاقي أن يكتب عنها شيء طويل يستحقّها. الرواية تطرح سؤالًا سابقًا عليها: لماذا يتم القفز عن العرب الذين يكتبون بلغات سوى العربيّة؟ على الأقل المجيدين منهم؟. هذا نصّ هائل، سواء على مستوى التقنية أم وجودة الكتابة. أعود إلى مسألة القفز، هذه Leggi tutto
4 1/2 stars. A very unique book written with a unique voice & format.
I may have a new favorite author. Spoiler alert: I'm not giving any plot spoilers, but if you'd rather discover how the writing style makes this book so unique... I might spoil that. It really is written in first chapters, and once you get into it, doesn't that make a lot of sense? There are so many Leggi tutto
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