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Writing at the peak of his powers, Abdulrazak Gurnah gives us in Desertion a spellbinding novel of forbidden love and cultural upheaval, with consequences powerfully reverberating through three generations and across continents—from the heyday of the British empire to the aftermath of African independence.
Early one morning in 1899, in a small, dilapidated town along the coast of Mombassa, a Muslim man, Hassanali, sets out for a mosque but doesn’t get there. Out of the desert stumbles an Englishman who collapses at Hassanali’s feet: Martin Pearce—writer, traveler, something of an Orientalist. Hassanali cares for Pearce until
the Englishman is taken to the home of colonial officer Frederick Turner to recuperate. When Pearce returns to thank his Good Samaritan, he meets and is enraptured by Rehana, Hassanali’s sister—by her gorgeous eyes and tragic aura. And so begins the passionate, illicit love affair—two lives and cultures colliding—that informs the rich, finely woven tapestry of Desertion.
Gurnah, who has been short-listed for the Booker Prize, deftly and dramatically evokes the personal and political scandals of empire, the weight of tradition—of religion and culture—in everyday lives, the role of women in Muslim society, the vicissitudes of love, the complexities of filial relationships, the inexorability of miscegenation, and the power of fiction to charm and to harm. Desertion is a highly achieved, riveting work of imagination, brimming with controlled figural inventiveness, psychological acuity, and moral complexity.
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Incredible.......2006-10-02
I first learned about this book from Essence Magazines best sellers list. I read a brief synopsis and decided to purchase the book because it seemed interesting and Essence is rarely wrong. This book was amazing. Its a bit hard to get into at first but I loved it. It was beautifully written. Kudos!
Passion, bigotry and consequences.......2006-04-17
What begins as a literary novel of love and passion across the barriers of race and culture becomes something more - and less - in Gurnah's restrained and capable hands.
The novel begins in 1899 in a small coastal town near Mombassa when a Muslim storekeeper stumbles over a comatose Englishman in the early morning hours. He has the unconscious man brought to the home he shares with his young wife and beautiful, embittered sister, Rehana.
When the British colonial establishment, in the person of the usual ignorant, racist, self-satisfied man of Empire, hears of the injured man, he hurries to fetch him away and settle him in a proper white man's establishment. The patient quickly recovers and identifies himself as Martin Pearce, something of a wanderer and orientalist, who had been robbed and abandoned by his Somali guides.
Pearce is a sensitive man, adept at languages and interested in cultures other than his own. Perceiving that his British rescuer undoubtedly offended his local rescuer, Pearce goes on his own to thank the man. Invited to a meal, he is smitten with Rehana.
Rehana is in a difficult position. Her husband disappeared on a trading journey. He may be dead, he may have deserted her. She lives in an isolated limbo, dependent on her brother, her future bleak.
And just as she takes a step to return the Englishman's attraction, the heretofore invisible narrator interrupts, the narrative jumps forward 50 years, and he sums up Rehana's fate in a few short pages, baffled as to how she could do it, how she could run off to Mombassa with an Englishman who would, and did, leave her to her disgrace.
"Perhaps she thought she had nothing to lose, that all that remained for her was a lifetime in that bright yard behind the shop, making clothes for women who only paid her a pittance, or only offered her affection and promises in return. That does not sound so intolerable, really, not for a woman who had lived her whole life in the back of a shop in that town, and who was used to women's lives such as hers."
For Rashid, the narrator, born long after Rehana is dead and buried, her story is chiefly of interest for its impact on his older brother Amin and the peripheral involvement of his sister, Farida. Amin falls in love with Jasmina, the granddaughter of Martin Pearce and Rehana. There are several strikes against her - she is older and has previously been married, but in their conservative society she inherited a taint and was doomed to be fast and loose from the day she was born. In other words, his parents are adamant that Jasmina is unfit to marry their Amin.
Rashid, several years younger and largely oblivious to the drama enveloping his brother and family, is bent on going to Oxford to study. He succeeds in doing this, leaving shortly after his parents have derailed Amin and Jasmina's secret love affair. From afar he celebrates his country's independence from Britain and then the spiral into chaos and violence that makes him an exile rather than a temporary student.
As time passes and he makes a new life for himself in Britain, far from the village traditions of Islam and Zanzibar, he learns more of the events of 1899, the love affair that reverberated through generations, and gains a keener empathy for what might have been.
Booker Prize-nominated Gurnah, a Zanzibar native who now teaches in Britain, examines culture clash and prejudice, family loyalty and relationships, colonial attitudes and the upheavals in Africa following independence. His narrator's distance and unwillingness to intrude on the privacy of the lovers lessens the emotional resonance of the story's core as do the abrupt segues between the three sections.
Bur Gurnah is not looking for romantic appeal. He wants the reader to feel the greater tragedy of rigidity, patriarchal power (political and familial), and cultural isolation. Lest you think him too intellectual, though, his prose is fluid, dynamic and atmospheric, and carries the story along in a tumult of color and life:
"The rains came during this time, lowering the sky for days and then releasing torrents of clear crystal water that refreshed everyone. At first it was as it everything had been reborn: trees swayed more self-importantly than before, house-roofs gleamed through the rust, roads sparkled, but as the rains continued day after day, the gutters filled up with debris that the water had swept up in its rush, drains overflowed and pools and puddles formed everywhere. Roofs leaked and water found its way into the limestone mortar and loosened the fabric of the houses, some of which collapsed suddenly in the night."
An affecting novel for anyone who enjoys literature about Africa, the colonial legacy and the power of family.
-- Portsmouth Herald
"To be certain of anything is the beginning of bigotry.".......2005-08-07
When Martin Pearce, an Englishman nearly dead from thirst, staggers out of the desert and into the life of Hassanali, a shopseller in a village south of Mombasa, he sets in motion events and themes which echo throughout the novel. It is 1899, and Pearce has been traveling on foot for four days. Believing that "This [man] was a burden [God] had...chosen for him," Hassanali enlists his wife Malika, and his sister Rehana to help care for him until a local British official brings him back to "civilization." When Pearce returns to thank Hassanali, he becomes enamored of Rehana, and their eventual affair becomes a scandal in both the British and the Indian/Muslim communities.
Part II, which takes place fifty years later in Zanzibar, focuses on a new set of characters--two brothers, Amin and Rashid, and their sister Farida. The story of Amin's love for Jamila, which soon unfolds, bears some resemblance to that of Pearce and Rehana--both loves involve cultural and religious taboos and raise questions about the ability of love to survive such difficulties.
Part III, which further develops the stories of Amin, Rashid, and Farida, takes place about fifteen years after that. Amin is still in Zanzibar, while Rashid is studying in England. The British have granted Zanzibar independence, but a revolution has taken place. The traumas of this period and its bloodshed, primarily in the 1970s, keep the brothers apart, and, because of censorship in Zanzibar, their communications are difficult and vague. "A Continuation," the five-page epilogue, eventually connects all the stories and resolves some unanswered questions.
Illustrating, to some extent, the effects of colonialism, along with desertions and displacements in the characters' lives, Gurnah concentrates primarily on stories of family, courtship, and relationships--ordinary people living their daily lives. His style is smooth and descriptive, conjuring the moods and images of different times and places, but structurally, the novel feels like three separate stories, rather than a continuous whole. The characters we meet in Part I (the most exciting part) are never mentioned again until the five-page epilogue, and that epilogue, which connects the various stories, depends on coincidence for its surprises and feels artificial. Individually, the stories, told primarily by Rashid, are intriging, but they feel more like three separate novellas than one unified novel. n Mary Whipple
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- CAT a.k.a. CATALINA a.k.a. CATHERINE
- Great read, unusual twists and turns, likable primary and secondary characters
- Another hit for Ms. Thornton
- One of my favorites from Elizabeth Thornton
- Correction - Lisbon IS NOT IN SPAIN
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CAT a.k.a. CATALINA a.k.a. CATHERINE.......2007-09-03
Dangerous to Hold is a historical romance that held me captivated throughout each chapter. The story line had many twists that I found to be entertaining yet not very convincing. Without a doubt, I enjoyed this book but with a little more work done on character depth and development and less of a twisted plotline...I would have LOVED the book. I will definitely buy more of Elizabeth Thornton's' work.
Great read, unusual twists and turns, likable primary and secondary characters.......2007-07-09
I would definitely recommend this book; I had only read one other Elizabeth Thornton book and it was a while ago, but I thought I would get "Dangerous to Hold" as it looked interesting and I'm running out of HR authors to read! The story definitely has some twists and turns (one literally had me exclaiming out loud and I had to take a few seconds before I could continue reading!) and the underlying storyline is one of those mystery/suspense ones; it IS essential to the novel, though, and not annoyingly superfluous as you sometimes find.
Setting: Spain and England, early 1800s
Sensuality rating: 6 (underlying tension was consistent and good, progression of the relationship was appropriate)
PROS:
(1) Catherine (the heroine) and Marcus (the hero) are likable, accessible, and well-defined
(2) Their relationship felt authentic and the sexual tension was good
(3) There are some cute moments of jealousy (not that many)
(4) It wasn't one of those books where it's just misunderstanding after misunderstanding until you want to shout out in frustration; the issues or emotions that come up are actually dealt with nicely and relatively promptly and I was very thankful for how mature the characters are and how understanding they are of each other
(5) Supporting characters are good and are also well-defined and just add to the cast
(6) There is a secondary romance that occurs but it only adds to the novel, it doesn't detract
CONS:
(1) There was a lot going on and after I finished the book and sat back and thought about it, there were maybe a couple loose ends and I would have liked there to be an epilogue
(2) *Kind-of-spoiler* You do kind of have to suspend belief, as part of the mystery/suspense storyline seems ... well, not really authentic; I don't want to give away too much, but I guessed the "bad guy" pretty quickly and the measures he took to achieve his aim and that whole premise were overly-dramatic and not very plausible. Also the heroine's role in the whole mess doesn't seem like it would have actually occurred, BUT the book is very good and so despite these minor issues, I still really enjoyed it
CONCLUSION:
A great read that I would definitely recommend; worth buying, so read and enjoy!
Another hit for Ms. Thornton.......2006-07-29
If you haven't tried Elizabeth Thornton, please buy this book. I would recommend almost every single one as an outstanding historical romance read. The plots are always exciting and very thought out. The characters are always just a little bit more than any other author's.
This is a book that I have read probably 6 or 7 times and yet I still can't start it without finishing it that same day (even if I have to stay up till 1 am to do it).
One of my favorites from Elizabeth Thornton.......2004-10-16
(*Note*: One of the other reviews of this book contains what I would consider a fairly major ***spoiler***!!!)
I find most of Elizabeth Thornton's Regencies compulsively readable, but "Dangerous To Hold" is one of my favorites.
I really enjoyed the character of the heroine, Catherine Courtnay, an accomplished, unusually self-sufficient woman, particularly for the 19th century. Catherine, a writer and spinster, is leaving the London home of a member of the demimonde (after visiting her estranged sister) one evening when she is accosted by Marcus Lytton, the Earl of Wrotham, who mistakes her for his missing wife, Catalina. He had been tricked into marrying Catalina three years previously while recovering from a war injury in Spain and had not seen his wife since the night of the wedding. Although Catherine resembles Catalina physically, Catherine is eventually able to convince Marcus that she is not his missing wife. Marcus believes that Catalina is hiding in London and behind several attempts on his life, hoping to inherit his fortune. He convinces Catherine to masquerade as his wife in an effort to draw Catalina and her accomplices out into the open. (Not sure if this idea really makes sense, but it serves to throw our hero and heroine together....)
The story contains a number of twists and turns, unusually good secondary characters with an interesting secondary romance, and a moderately good mystery plot.
Highly recommended for readers who enjoy historical romantic suspense, particularly if you are bored with the usual Regency heroine (i.e. an 18 year old dingbat) and looking for a story with a strong and memorable heroine.
Correction - Lisbon IS NOT IN SPAIN.......2004-08-18
As a portuguese I would like to make a correction for those (few I hope) that still think Portugal is a spanish province. It is not! Lisbon is the capital of Portugal, the country with the one of the oldest borders in Europe.
Its a real shame when authors and editors make these kind mistakes which induce readers in error.
I also know that this is a romance and not a History manual, but I never read one which misplace Paris or London...or any other city for that matter.
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When a tricky situation needs a cool head, quick wits and a touch of ruthlessness, Adam Ridgeway, director of the top secret OMEGA agency, sends in his team to handle the problem. Lately, though, his agents have been getting into romantic troubles of their own . . .
Night of the Jaguar: Jake MacKenzie's mission was to infiltrate a Central American guerrilla band -- not rescue a nun and three children taken hostage. But despite his orders, he can't turn back on their plight -- or on the powerful attraction he feels to "Sister" Sarah. But Sarah is more -- and less -- than what she seems. . .
The Cowboy and the Cossack: When a nuclear device goes missing in the Karistan mountains, "Cowboy" Nate Sloan is sent to recover it -- by any means necessary. Including seducing Alexandra Jordan, the leader of the local tribe. But with battle having claimed most of the men of the country, Nate's pursuit of Alexandra could be dangerous to his own health. . .
Customer Reviews:
Good characters, bad situations..........2003-06-14
I found that I liked the characters in these books (and the companion, dangerous to know). There's a lot of humor and sexual tension, and character interaction is at romance best. I found, however, that the 'spy' situations were unbelievable to the point where they detracted from the story. The heroes were too infallible. The situations they found themselves in were too complex, and then too easily solved.
That being said, I love stories that tie together (series), and this is a pretty good series. Good light summer reading.
"Code Name: Danger" Series.......2002-04-08
This series was originally published by Silhouette Intimate Moments. It concerns a top-secret American spy agency called OMEGA. Each installment takes the team on a different high-intensity mission somewhere on the globe, and in each one an operative finds true love.
Merline Lovelace does a fantastic job balancing spy action and romance. I'll pick up anything with her name on it. Dangerous to Hold and Dangerous to Know are re-released compilations of her previous books (although they still work, unlike so many dated MIRA books).
Since some descriptions of this novel have already been written, I'll just add that the next compilation will include UNDERCOVER MAN (Doc's story) and PERFECT DOUBLE (Maggie and Adam's story). Trust me, you DO NOT want to miss that!!!! You can check out those books' reviews if you just can't wait till June for some hints.
What a great read - Can't wait for the next book!.......2002-03-18
This is one romance novel you just have to read. I do not normally read romance novels because they do not usually have depth or depth of characters, but Merline Lovelace really changed my mind with a romance novel filled with suspense and great characters. Jake and Nate are characters that you cannot help but like, and I am on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what happens between Maggie and Adam. Great read!
What a great read - Can't wait for the next book!.......2002-03-18
This is one romance novel you just have to read. I do not normally read romance novels because they do not usually have depth or depth of characters, but Merline Lovelace really changed my mind with a romance novel filled with suspense and great characters. Jake and Nate are characters that you cannot help but like, and I am on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what happens between Maggie and Adam. Great read!
What a great discovery for me!.......2002-02-11
I picked this book up at the airport while on a business trip and didn't expect to want to keep it. Not only that, but I am looking forward to the next book in July, Dangerous to Love, I believe. I liked the characters of Jake and Nate, both members of Omega, a supersecret government organization. But I am very much intrigued by the background relationship between Maggie (one of the operatives in Omega) and Adam, the aloof, controlled director of the group. That story will come up in the next book ,although I searched the sites and found that it was publised as Perfect Double, I think. I will try to scour the used book stores for it, but if not, will wait for July! Good reading!
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- Pages missing and out of order
- A Little Twisted, a Little Dark, and a Little Hurried
- Typical 60s PKD--and that's a good thing
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The Game-Players of Titan
Philip K. Dick
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In this sardonically funny gem of speculative fiction, Philip K. Dick creates a novel that manages to be simultaneously unpredictable and perversely logical.
Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's all part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of the planet Earth. But the rules are about to change--drastically and terminally--because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.
Customer Reviews:
Pages missing and out of order.......2007-01-26
The book sucked. Pages were missing or out of order. I returned one and the replacement was the same way. I just gave up after that.
A Little Twisted, a Little Dark, and a Little Hurried.......2005-03-10
It appears that there is consensus on this Amazon forum -- and in most other forums -- that TGPoT doesn't fall within the realm of PKD's greatest works. But it's still a worthwhile read for the following reasons...
1) PDK employs some tricks, that he's finely honed, to make the reader feel as disconnected from reality as the characters are. He is so good at this that I actually felt off balance at times -- it's as if he were able to translate his mental illness, through the main character, right onto the pages of this book
2) In addition to his mental illness, PKD also instills the book's protagonist, Pete Garden, with the other troubles from which PKD suffered: alcohol and drug dependency and a patheticaly poor ability to manage relationships. I believe the very personal nature of PKD's experiences with the problems of the main character are what make the book so well paced and delivered
3) More than any other Sci-Fi writer, PKD is willing to have his soul reflected onto every page he writes; and true to his nature, in TGPoT, PKD provides us with yet another window into his very distrubed and talented mind -- for me, this title slams home the fact that PKD is truly the Van Gogh of Sci-Fi
4) In TGPoT, PKD empowers his characters with novel and unique precognitive and telekenetic powers that enables him drive the pace of the book.
I took away 1 star because...
1) True to the pulp nature of his writing style, you can literally feel PKD furiously typing to get to the end of the book so that he can, in a mad rush, sprint to his publisher to, just under the wire, fling the manuscript onto his harried publishers desk, then with a quick but poorly executed pivot, tear away with his ridiculously small check, only to barely make the close of his bank in a hastening effort to convert it to cash, so that he can jump in his old peice of $%&^ car and speed to the nearest bar to plunge into a bottle of rot gut and eventually drink and whore away his money, so that he is forced to start the cycle all over again with his next flash of brilliance
2) The game itself is probably the most uninspired concept I have seen PKD put to page. He does though, use it as an effective tool for railing against capitalism (another common theme of PKD's works).
Net/net: if you like sci-fi, read it!
Typical 60s PKD--and that's a good thing.......2004-06-07
In criticial estimation, The Game Players of Titan suffers by comparison with Dick's masterpieces The Man in the High Castle, Martian Time-Slip, and Dr. Bloodmoney, also written in the early 1960s, because it does not have their serious themes or strong sociological dimension. Nevertheless, this book partakes of the brilliance of the overall concept that runs through Dick's work in this period. What's more, it is a very funny novel. The vugs, whose natural form is that of amorphous, gelatinous blobs, have occupied Earth after winning a war in which humanity nearly managed to sterilize itself through radiation exposure. Vugs have the capability of controlling humans' minds or simulating their form, behavior, and memories, often taking names such as U. S. Cummings and E. B. Black. The plot revolves around the game of Bluff, which is somewhat akin to Monopoly, which is used to decide mates and property rights. The plot culminates with an interspecies game of Bluff between the humans and vugs, who have the advantage of psychokinetic powers, which they use to change the values of the cards as they play. There are mind-altering drugs, psychosis, talking cars, and crazy humor. In short, a feast for the Dick fan.
Mostly great.......2003-07-03
The Earth has been taken over by the Vugs and humanity is reduced to gambling for money, property, and marriages. Players who are good at the Game (which is some wierd combination of poker and monopoly) get the chance to reproduce and live in the lap of luxury. The story follows the usual PKD lines (if the word usual can ever truly be applied to him!). We have paranoia, astral teleportation, strange aliens, pre-cogs -trying to cheat in the Game- and a whole lot of sarcastic humour.
There are also the usual PKD failings, lack of characterization and long bits of non-plot-related ramblings. Of course, anyone who is familiar with his work will know that these are not reasons to avoid the book. He more than makes up for any deficiency by sheer genius and imagination.
But the main reason to read this book comes toward the end (so I won't spoil it by telling you all about it) where you, the reader, can see how the vugs view the humans. I think this is the best piece of Dick's writing that I have ever read. These few pages are worth the book's price alone.
This is early PKD, and I recommend it to any fans out there. It is a fast read, and it gives you plenty to think about. If you are new to this brilliant author, I would start somewhere else, though. Perhaps with some of his more accessible works, like Ubik or The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.
Wonderful Premise Handled With Great Skill.......2001-06-28
I cannot claim to know much about Philip K. Dick as this is, thus far, the only one of his novels I have read. But based on a reading of The Game-Players of Titan, it will not be the last. The premise of the inhabitants of Earth playing the game, Bluff, for spouses and land is wonderful and the story only grows weirder and more original with each passing chapter. The only small quibble is the ending is somewhat anti-climatic after the strongly built, witty, creatively heightened build up but this book is about the journey and one could have no better guide than the author for this unique trip.
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Pete Garden finds a cryptic message, in his own handwriting, on the back of a matchbook:
"WE ARE ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY VUGS."
Pete wanted to talk to Carol about it, but he wasn't sure. She was his 18th wife, after all, and he'd only known her for two days.
This wasn't the usual case of hostile feelings towards the Titanian observers on Earth, the vugs. After all, relations between the two planets were now peaceful enough. Or were they?
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