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A beautiful novel detailing the life and loves of a Pakistani girl living in the U.S.
Aliya may not have inherited her family's patrician looks, but she is as much a prey to the legends of her family that stretch back to the days of Timur Lang. Aristocratic and eccentric-the clan has plenty of stories to tell, and secrets to hide.
Like salt and saffron, which both flavor food but in slightly different ways, it is the small, subtle differences that cause the most trouble in Aliya's family. The family problems and scandals caused by these minute differences echo the history of the sub-continent and the story of Partition.
A superb storyteller, Kamila Shamsie writes with warmth and gusto. Through the many anecdotes about Pakistani family life, she hints at the larger tale of a divided nation. Spanning the subcontinent from the Muslim invasions to the Partition, this is a magical novel about the shapes stories can take- turning into myths, appearing in history books and entering into our lives.
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a novel for young adults.......2007-04-09
filled with coltish energy and charm. Working against these qualities is the narrator's obsession with the genealogy of her dysfuntional family.
Not as good as her "Broken Verses".......2006-06-07
This is a pleasant enough book with some wonderful vignettes, and yes, it does make you long for the nearest subcontinental restaurant. I just found the focus on yet another wildly dysfunctional family, even one with royal pretensions, a bit underwhelming. She also leaves many central questions purposefully unresolved, and her musings on possible motivations for some characters' highly unusual behavior were unconvincing.
Instead, or at least first, I recommend Shamsie's later "Broken Verses," which deals with modernity, Pakistani politics, poetry and the role of women PLUS the obligatory dysfunctional family. It's both more intellectually complex and a more gripping read.
Slow start, but picks up!.......2005-07-19
Firstly, be careful when reading some of the below reviews. One reviewer completely gives away one of the main surprises! I would've been so mad if I accidently read that before I got through the book. Anyway, I read "Kartography" before I read this book. It's not as polished at "Kartography", but I still enjoyed a lot of the wit and mystery Shamsie provided in "Salt and Saffron". It took me a little while to get through the first half or so of the book, but then it really picked up and I couldn't put it down. I felt like she left some things unanswered, which I was slightly disappointed by (hence the 4, not 5 stars), but overall an entertaining read!
A Novel To Be Savored To The Last Word.......2005-01-02
Kamila Shamsie is a superb storyteller and a gifted writer. After reading her novel "Kartography," I wanted to read everything else she had written, and so came upon "Salt and Saffron." Ms. Shamsie does not disappoint in this extraordinary book. She explores here the complexities of family relationships - the generational legends that approach mythology, feuds that last for one hundred years, births, deaths, loves, secrets and scandals. All these dramas are universal, but the author has focused her tale on the Dard-e-Dils, an aristocratic nawab family, descended from royalty as far back as the Mughal dynasty. This huge feudal clan made their home, before Partition in 1947, in Dard-e-Dil, India. Now most are Pakistani, and have been incommunicado with their former loved ones, on the other side of the border, since the declaration of Pakistani statehood. The clash between cultures, Pakistani and Anglo (British and American), and the prohibition of loving below ones class are also tackled here.
Aliya, a Dard-e-Dil granddaughter, is our narrator and tour guide through the intricacies of the family tree, lore and history, providing the readers with some new chapters of her own. Aliya's voice is a strong and intelligent one, however, there are times when her humor - the play on words and American English slang - are just too cutesie, and become annoying. When the novel begins, Aliya is returning to her beloved home in Karachi after 4 years at an American university. She stops over to visit a cousin, Samia, in London and meets an American Pakistani youth, Cal/Khaleel, on the plane. The two have much in common, are attracted to each other and become even more so when he seeks her out at her cousin's apartment. While having coffee, Aliyah discovers that Cal's parents, American immigrants, are from the lower classes. Their Karachi neighborhood was in Liaquatabad, a poor area of the city, making Cal a most unsuitable choice for a boyfriend or husband. Samia sums it all up quite nicely when she comments,"The poor live in Liaquatabad. The Poor, the lower-classes, the not-us. How else do you want me to put this? There's no one we know who would have exchanged Karachi phone numbers with him."
Aliyah is linked as a "not quite twin," with her aunt, the mysterious Mariam Apa, who elopes with the cook, another very unsuitable match. The legend of the "not quite twins," and the curse associated with it, is explained in the novel, and it is a clever device used to link generations. The segments devoted to Mariam and Masood, the cook, and their culinary creations are literally scrumptious. "Curly shaped jalaibees, hot and gooey, that trickled sweet syrup down your chin when you bit into them; diced potatoes drowned in yogurt, sprinkled in spices; triangles of fried samosas, the smaller ones filled with mince-meat, the larger ones filled with potatoes and green chilies; shami kebabs with sweet-sour imli sauce; spinach leaves fried in chick-pea batter; nihari with large gobs of marrow floating in the thick gravy, and meat so tender it dissolved instantly in your mouth; lassai that quenched a day-long thirst as nothing else did and left us wondering why we ever drank Coke....". There are further descriptions of spiced lamb, fragrant biryanis, sweetmeats and desserts that will make the mouth water.
"Salt and Saffron" is filled with enough enchanting tales to keep Shaharazad happy, but some of the "real life" story just doesn't ring true. In many cases extreme measures are taken by individuals to fulfill their lives and desires, and these acts have dire consequences as a result of breaking family taboos - taboos which often seem based on whim.
Ms. Shamsie's prose is elegant, lyrical and witty. Her dialogue is humorous, at times pensive and poignant, and at others fast and furious. "Salt and Saffron" is a substantial novel to be savored to the last word.
JANA
Of Senses and Sensuality.......2004-09-03
If ever a book existed that made the readers' connect with their innermost and basic desires, then Salt and Saffron is it. Shamsie has the extraordinary knack that recognizes an individual's need for comfort through the presence of family, love, relationships, and food. The novel details the trials and conflicts of Aliya, a Pakistani girl born in the sub continental upper crust, as she moves along a journey of self discovery by questioning the very beliefs that she was brought up with.
When Mariam Apa, Aliya's distant older cousin, arrives at the family's doorstep, she brings with her change that will leave the Dard-E-Dil foundations shaking for a long time. Through Mariam, Shamsie explores the tastes, timbres, and textures of silence. Like salt, it is sprinkled gently through the novel without being overly intimidating.
Aliya's stories are fragrant with the aromas that waft in and out of every Pakistani home and get woven inextricably into the tapestry of every day living. Like Mariam, she falls in love with someone outside of her social barrier and aims to resolve her dilemma by unfurling the mystery behind her cousins life.
With most of the narrative set in pre independence India, Shamise writes with a deep affection of the stories that tell of the heartbreak of a divided nation.
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Salt and Saffron
Shamsie Kamila
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Salt and Saffron
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Sensible Lead Female.......2007-09-23
Kept my attention. I really liked the lead female. A little bit of romance, a little bit of mystery, what more can we ask for?
Finished it in one day!.......2004-05-23
This is the second Debra Dier book I have read and it was just as good as the first one I read. Great story of a man who is determined to show himself as the worst possible rogue and then brought to his knees by a strong, willful woman. Justin is a twin and he protrays the bad twin. Always doing the wrong thing. He is given guardianship of 3 young women, one of which is Isabel. Justin doesn't think he is the right man for the job considering his potential for being a London rake ...until Isabel tells him he CAN'T do it and then of course he has to prove her wrong. Typical male. He proves to be a decent guardian and proves to Isabel that behind his mean charade he has a decent heart. I am now going to go look for the book that was written about his brother, the good twin, Clayton.
Great Book.......2003-07-25
This book was the first historical romance that I have ever read and I'm glad of that fact.Ms. Dier has the ability to enthrall a reader with her quick wit and strong female characters.Thank you!
LOVED THIS BOOK.......2001-08-24
I AM NOT FINISHED WITH THIS BOOK YET, I DO LIKE IT A LOT. JUSTIN IS TO DIE FOR, AND THE HEROINE IS GREAT. THIS IS THE FIRST DEBRA DIER BOOK I HAVE READ AND I AM NOW PURCHASING SOME MORE. I HOPE THEY ARE ALL AS GOOD AS THIS ONE IS.THE STORY MOVES ALONG NICELY, CAN'T WAIT FOR CLAY'S STORY TO COME IN. GIVE IT A TRY YOU WILL LIKE HER BOOK.
Great!.......1999-01-10
This was my first book of Ms Dier and I loved it! I like strong female characters who are not shrewish and males who are decent, don't realize it, and try to act badly to hide their goodness. Plus the story was interesting! I also appreciated that we were shown enough glimpses of what made Justin the way he was without having to relive his childhood.
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The Devil, Heresy and Witchcraft in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey B. Russell (Cultures, Beliefs, and Traditions, V. 6)
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Title: The Devil, Heresy and Witchcraft in the Middle Ages. Essays in Honor of Jeffrey B. Russell.
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Title: "Vows to the Blackest Devil": Hamlet and the Evolving Code of Honor in Early Modern England.(Critical Essay)
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- The worst Card novel I have ever read
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- Maybe not enough scifi for some
- Not one of Card's top ten hits - but a fine tune nevertheless
- This is probably my favorite Orson Scott Card book.
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Songmaster
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Kidnapped at an early age, the young singer Ansset has been raised in isolation at the mystical retreat called the Songhouse. His life has been filled with music, and having only songs for companions, he develops a voice that is unlike any heard before. Anssets voice is both a blessing and a curse, for the young Songbird can reflect all the hopes and fears his audience feels and, by magnifying their emotions, use his voice to healor to destroy. When it is discovered that his is the voice that the Emperor has waited decades for, Ansset is summoned to the Imperial Palace on Old Earth. Many fates rest in Anssets hands, and his songs will soon be put to the test: either to salve the troubled conscience of a conqueror, or drive him, and the universe, into mad chaos.Songmaster is a haunting story of power and lovethe tale of the man who would destroy everything he loves to preserve humanitys peace, and the boy who might just sing the world away.
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The worst Card novel I have ever read.......2006-03-27
I am appalled that OSC would write about homosexuality and pedophilia in such a way as to make it embraced and accepted. The mere thought of children as sexual entertainment makes my stomach churn. As a fellow Mormon, I am embarassed that he puts his name on something so revolting to our church, and to so many others as well. SICK!
Orson Scott Card comparison.......2006-01-20
A story of one man, one boy... that is all. It is beautiful to read of his influence, love, emotion, experience. The power of the song is great. The allusion in the future is intriguing, but it is lost in the story of one boy.
I enjoy reading Orson Scott Card, especially those novels from when he was younger. I relate more to the exploration and searching Card does in his stories. Through is books, such as Ender's Game, I have been able to discover the world and my impressions of it.
Songmaster is about the life of Ansset, a beautiful young boy with a voice of power. He can relate and change moods. It is great to read of his struggles as a child. He must learn to be human and understand what he can do with his voice. The novel reads like a movie. Although I am unable to imagine seeing the greatness representing in this novel on screen, I watched the story play out infront of me as a read frivolously.
To re-discover Card as a youthful writer, read Songmaster. Just don't let your expectations and values keep you from enjoying another's experience.
Maybe not enough scifi for some.......2005-12-17
(Written for Worm's Sci Fi Haven by countezero, more of his reviews can be read here: www.wormsscifi.com/haven)
I can't say I was terribly surprised that Orson Scott Card's novel Songmaster (1981) was a perfect example of what learned people call the Bildungsroman (a novel of formation). From Ender's Game to the Alvin Maker series, Card has shown both a fetish and a talent for tackling the process of maturation within the extraordinary settings of his science fiction - and I thank him for it. The shelves of our bookstores are filled with enough jaded detectives who investigate robotic homicides and suave starship captains who lead their crew from one self-inflicted peril to the next, so it's somewhat refreshing to sit down and read about how a boy becomes a man in the complicated environment of the future.
But exactly what sort of future have we got with Songmaster? At times, it's difficult to tell. Card begins his story a Spartan storyteller and remains in costume and in character for the duration. Snippets are parceled out here and there, but never enough to grasp a full picture of the environment we've wandered into. One of the few things we know for certain is that there is a Galactic Empire founded and ruled by a violent man of questionable character. We know this because when the novel opens, this man - Mikal - is on a planet called Tew, standing at the gates of a place called the Songhouse, begging for admittance.
What could make an emperor beg?
It seems that at some point on his travels, our galactic conqueror happened to hear one of the prodigies the Songhouse occasionally produces - a songbird - perform and he wants one of his own. The only problem with this is that the Songhouse does not give people songbirds they, "invite people to accept them." Undeterred by their initial rebuff, Mikal explains that when he heard the songbird sing he broke down and cried. Moved by his obvious passion (Mikal even cries in the act of retelling), the songmasters in charge of the Songhouse conclude that despite all appearances otherwise the emperor deserves a songbird. "No man can travel through space and not know the places he cannot fill," one of the songmasters says, referring to the hidden wisdom he believes Mikal acquired gobbling up the galaxy.
Years later, when Esste, one of the Songhouse's chief instructors, comes across Ansset she knows she has found the boy who will one day be the emperor's songbird. What follows is a delicate section of the novel (its best, I think) where Card's minimalism soars, as Esste works to shape the boy into the greatest voice the galaxy has ever known. Chief among the skills young Ansset must master is something called Control, which explained by his teacher is, "A river comes into this valley," she says, when they are outdoors. "It has no place to go, so it fills it up. Until some spills out at the waterfall. It can fill no deeper than the lowest point...this is control." Practically speaking, Control is the suppression of emotions so that they can later be used in song.
Ansett learns control and learns to sing as no other songbird has ever sung, so that when he does eventually travel to earth to perform for Mikal, he is all that the emperor expected. From there, the novel seems to run off its rails and head in a more 'conventional' scifi direction. Ansett is caught up in several palace intrigues that eventually see the ousting of Mikal; Ansett serves another emperor and eventually loses his songs when he displeases his second master and is briefly imprisoned; Ansett is let go and trained to govern the galaxy, his voice having grown old and tired after the drugs the Songhouse used to put back puberty wear out. There is a homosexual love affair, of sorts, and several scenes of striking violence, many of which seem completely out of character with the rest of the book, in that they are so extreme as to become almost cartoon-ish (folks slipping on removed bowels, that sort of thing). When this confusing smoke clears and the story forgets its props and finally gets back to telling about the people, Ansett is an old man and begging to be let back into the Songhouse, desperate to try and understand what purpose his life of service has served.
It would be foolish for me to pull more curtains away and reveal what lies beneath the multifaceted layers Card has excellently built up, but what I will say is that when the book ends the feelings I was left with were positive, even if they were somewhat unclear. Don't get me wrong, there are several problems that prevent this novel from becoming the brilliant piece of literature it might have been. Chiefly among them is the fact I think Card isn't exactly sure what essential theme drives his book. At times it reads like a treatise on the creative spirit, while at others I thought he was grasping to find a place for art in the larger affairs of human existence. Then, in the end, he switches gears again and gives us hope - a wonderful emotion, but all too often the last refuge of the desperate. (If you want to draw a crowd, mention hope.)
All of which leaves me where I am today, confused. Besides the life of its protagonist, who in fact is very absent from substantial portions of the book, what is this book about? Whenever I've sat in the last few days and pondered that I've come to different conclusions. Here's my latest awakening. Above all else, this book is about people struggling with their emotions, whether they were emperors, functionaries or songbirds. It is about people with pasts so powerful that they filled one valley and spilled over into the next. Everyone in this book is looking to be heard by a larger audience, so to speak, and in doing so affects someone else. To some that might sound sappy, but to me that makes it worth reading.
Not one of Card's top ten hits - but a fine tune nevertheless.......2005-08-31
Reading the first few chapters of Songmaster I felt like I was dropped into the middle of a plot line without further ado.
In a short introduction we learn about the request of Mikal - Emperor of the galaxy to recieve a Songbird from the Songhouse. Card seemed as anxious as Mikal to rush us through the childhood of Ansset till he's ready to be sent to Mikal, stopping only for a moment to tell us about two important events in Ansset's life.
After Ansset gets to Mikal the story becomes alot more engaging and gripping, while Card takes once more into the dark caverns of intergalactic politics. We witness plots and tribulations in the galaxy's rulership going hand in hand with relationships and deep loving emotions between the characters.
This novel deals with love, politics and music in a way that tries to be as open as its writer can write about it. Its tune is exciting and full of emotion, though lacking the portrayal of characters and scenes.
Card's decision to sketch only the borders of places like the Songhouse, the Palace and the galaxy's goverment without entering the finer details of this universe as well as its characters makes the plot line somewhat lacking yet turns it into a sort of fairy tale story that gives the reader enough mystery and embition to fill in the blanks.
All in all, despite the feeling of imperfection in some points throughout the novel, I couldn't help but shed a tear at the end of this epic story, and I believe that most readers would feel the same.
This is probably my favorite Orson Scott Card book........2005-08-23
I'll leave explantion of the story to the other reviewers. Instead I'm going to focus on what I personally liked about this particular work.
Card seems to have a deep intuitive understanding of human interaction, and he captures these subtlties believably. For the first few pages I noted the flaws in his prose, but after that I became so absorbed in the depth and richness of the stories and characters I completely forgot to feel irritated with the style. That's no small feat!
Also, although Card writes about practices he doesn't personally condone - homosexuality, for example - he does so very gently, and without judgement. In fact, he has a great talent for abstaining from providing moral judgement as the third-person narrator, which very few authors are capable of. He can write about things he doesn't condone, and yet he as the narrator never draws judgements. The author remains morally invisible, allowing the readers to draw their own conclusions. Very admirable!
There are dark themes in this book, but Card writes those scenes with grace and sympathy, which makes them wonderful to read. Although he writes about violent things and kills characters who the reader has become attached to, he never does this in order to emotionally manipulate the reader, which is also rare in books which are very dramatic.
I wouldn't recommend this book for small children (too scary/too many confusing adult themes), but teens, young adults, and adults will all enjoy it. I highly recommend it!
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SONGMASTER
CARD ORSON SCOTT
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SONGMASTER
ORSON SCOTT CARD
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Songmaster
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THE SONGMASTER
Morrissey
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Songmaster
Orson Scott Card
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Songmaster
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Songmaster: Library Edition
Orson Scott Card
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There is a space for you in the world with your name on it...and your part is the lead part.
No matter who you are, it's the lead. Because only you can play it, and without you it doesn't happen.
If you have the thought, the world is ready. If you have the urgency, it's time.
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not sure.......2005-08-17
but all this talk about time limits and the year 2005 being the year the world changes has me a bit skeptical after reading the first half of this book. i wonder if thats why its out of print...
A Gift To Your Soul.......2002-01-07
This is a rare book. It is a beacon to the human soul, from a profound and gracious Source. It's wisdom is vast yet eminently practical. It helps us to realize that we carry the vibration of "Home" within us always. Hold this book to your heart. Feel its Energy. Put it under your pillow at night. It will become one of your most treasured friends.
Priceless Information.......1999-01-15
The information contained in this book has been one of the greatest blessings to manifest in my life. Sunlight On Water is a priceless treasure - each page packed with deeper and more profound understanding than the last. If your heart is whispering to you to refine your energy and move into that space of being a light body/worker on Earth at this time, please do not pass by this publication. This book is a gift to your soul.
The hottest spiritual cookbook out there!.......1997-05-07
If the question: "Are you a Lightbody?" has deep meaning for you, you will cherish this book. It is channelled, so it is NOT for folks afraid that God doesn't talk to or through us anymore (you've been warned!).
It is a cookbook of spiritual exersizes (and much, much more). It's world view wherein God has definitely decided that changes are in store for us and our world: Earth. We will launch into these changes beginning in 2005. Now is the time to prepare and be ready to flow with those changes. The techniques in SOW will help anyone achieve whatever plans and goals they choose.
I love to share SOW techinques with folks who couldn't tell metaphysics from KFC! The techniques work regardless of your previous knowledge or preparation. If fact, beginners (using this book) will be passing us "advanced" metaphysicians, leaving us in the dust, if we don't adjust. A definite MUST BUY book for beginner and advanced student alike.
If you want to be better prepared, first read: "I Remember Union-The Story of Mary Magdalena" also by Flo Aeveia Magdalena. It sets the record straight, Mary Magdalena was not a prostitute! If you have ears, listen to these two books. Your life will be changed, and richer for the change.
(By the way, I'd order SOW real quick now because the publisher is just about out and is planning to reprint shortly. Yes, I know the publisher and have talked to the author. But that was before Amazon Books when it took me two months of determined researching to FIND a copy!)
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