tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post4753199312333126262..comments2023-08-10T04:03:44.387-04:00Comments on This Book and I Could Be Friends: Love in the Time of WarEileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-7296112657615403992010-01-04T23:37:06.936-05:002010-01-04T23:37:06.936-05:00Isabella: That's a fascinating point. You'...Isabella: That's a fascinating point. You're right: I think in places where conflict has gone on for years people become sort of used to it and adjust their lives accordingly.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-58921718202371878642010-01-04T16:11:38.346-05:002010-01-04T16:11:38.346-05:00Happy New Year!
I'm very curious to read this...Happy New Year!<br /><br />I'm very curious to read this, as I recently read Al-Shaykh's The Locust and the Bird (I highly recommend it), which, though based on her mother's life, seems to share many of the same themes.<br /><br />Interesting questions you raise about the nature of war, or the need for it. I think much of the world, sadly, has a very different relationship to war than you (I assume) and I do -- war, chaos, political turmoil is, if not exactly normal, a familiar constant to so many as a kind of white noise, the backdrop of their existence.Isabella Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-48335077875098112212010-01-03T14:43:14.703-05:002010-01-03T14:43:14.703-05:00I think your review's really good! And while ...I think your review's really good! And while there's always more you could say about an interesting book in a blog post (whatever the length of the post), I kind of like the Ramones-y verse/chorus/verse/song's over sort of structure when I have to <em>write</em> them myself. Comment over!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-59406766647968192672010-01-03T11:33:53.497-05:002010-01-03T11:33:53.497-05:00You're most welcome!
I'm actually disappo...You're most welcome!<br /><br />I'm actually disappointed with how this review came out. I don't think I scratched the surface enough. There's some interesting stuff going on with the dynamics between the Lebanese expatriate community and the Africans, for example, but I left that out because I couldn't figure out how to integrate it into the review.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-3258523160407669882010-01-02T17:09:59.217-05:002010-01-02T17:09:59.217-05:00So glad you dug this, E.L. Fay, and I of course ag...So glad you dug this, E.L. Fay, and I of course agree that it's much more complex than just a "feminist coming-of-age narrative." It was nice to re-live the novel through your review, too! P.S. Thanks for the "link love" as Frances might say--I'll add yours to my original post as payback. :)Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.com