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In The Country Of Men |
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Written by Rafael Acero
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
 Author: Hisham Matar
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Year: 2008 (Re-print edition)
Price: About $12.00The most significant, earth-shattering, all-encompassing events viewed through the eyes of a child. Cynicism, blunt realism, ruthlessness of the adult world intertwined with the curiosity, naiveté and sense of incomprehension, unquestioning devotion and innocent cruelty of the young.
Suleiman, a 9 year old boy recounts life in Libya, during a time of political unrest and turmoil following Qaddafi's revolution, in a neighborhood where the number of foes equals that of friends, in a house where a mother has given up on a life of shattered dreams and lost hope and where a father chases vainly after political chimeras disregarding everything and everyone irrelevant to the cause. Reading this book is not a pleasant experience -- it has more to offer than mere pleasure. It grips you like a vise while you read it and haunts you for a long time afterwards. The book is short and claustrophobic, taking place almost entirely in one home. It is an intensive exploration of the way a regime like Qaddafi's corrupts everything in its grasp, from overall social structure to the workings of the individual mind. |
Rafael Acero |
| Acerca del Autor: |
| Hi, my name is Rafael Alejandro Acero Hernandez, and I'm an alcoholic. I don't drink beer. I'm addicted to chocolate. I'm a bit bipolar and every once in a while obsessive/ compulsive. I have a really short attention span. I don't believe in labels, I'm not defined by what I do or by who I do- for that matter. I'm a writer, an actor, a dancer, BUT nothing is better than being a professional a$$hole. Soy un chilango incomprendido, y como tal- valemadrista a morir. | |
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