![]() ![]() ![]() is an eyes–open, humorously no–nonsense survey of complicated Americans." - The New York Times Book Reviewįor all who remain intrigued by the legacy of the Civil War-reenactors, battlefield visitors, Confederate descendants and other Southerners, history fans, students of current racial conflicts, and more-this ten-state adventure is part travelogue, part social commentary and always good-humored. ![]() This splendid commemoration of the war and its legacy. "The freshest book about divisiveness in America that I have read in some time. A Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent takes us on an explosive adventure into the soul of the unvanquished South, where Civil War reenactors, battlefield visitors, and fans of history resurrect the ghosts of the Lost Cause through ritual and remembrance. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() Despite acquiring Pari into her life, once Suleiman suffers a stroke, Nila feels unhappy and unfulfilled enough to leave him and move to Paris, taking Pari with her. Suleiman is secretly in love with Nabi, his servant and Pari’s and Abdullah’s uncle, and Nila is a troubled soul. ![]() Nila and Suleiman Wahdati have a loveless marriage. However, Abdullah and Pari are incredibly close, and their separation is horrific and life changing. Saboor’s family will get financial help, will have one less mouth to feed, and the Wahdatis will have a child. Because they are poor, and because Saboor hasd already lost a son due to the cold of last winter, he is convinced by Nabi convinces him that selling Pari to the Wahdati family (who cannot have children of their own) to beis the best idea for all of them involved. Wahdati, who had visited their home earlier. Although the children are unaware of the reason forof the trip, they willingly follow their father and their Uncle Nabi to the Wahdati household. The story begins with Saboor and his two children, Abdullah and Pari, taking a journey to Kabul. ![]() ![]() Other characters may go further, to death and back even, but none is as sharply portrayed. Paran travels on journeys of body and soul, going from innocent to hardened rebel against gods and empire without losing his moral core. ![]() Jumping often between plot lines, the novel follows Ganoes Stabro Paran from his boyhood dreaming of soldiers to his escape from imperial service. ![]() ![]() Perhaps they need to stay small enough for the reader to keep them all in mind. In this sprawling fantasy epic of the Malazan empire at war with its enemies and itself, the first of a projected 10-volume series, Canadian newcomer Erikson offers many larger-than-life scenes and ideas, but his characters seem to shrink to fit the story. ![]() |