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A recent immigrant from the Middle East--a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force--yearns to restore his family's dignity in California. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold onto the one thing she has left'her home. And her lover, a married cop, is driven to extremes to win her love.Andre Dubus III's unforgettable characters--people with ordinary flaws, looking for a small piece of ground to stand on--careen toward inevitable conflict. Their tragedy paints a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.… (más)
donitamblyn: This newly-released novel is another story of the way lives can be deeply affected by forces we don't understand. In HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, we see good people turned against each other because of events beyond their control, coupled with the (uninformed) judgments they make about each other. In THE MASTER PLANETS, we see an exuberant and talented kid in 1970s America -- a kid on the threshold of realizing his dream of making world-changing music -- being derailed by events that happened 30 years before in war-torn Poland. This kind of stuff is fascinating in showing how we are really all tied together across time, distance, and culture. I must say that I much prefer the ending to MASTER PLANETS, as it gives the hope of redemption. "There is more in heaven and earth...." Interestingly enough, it's also a truly rollicking read. I couldn't put it down.… (más)
wookiebender: I read House of Sand and Fog several years before Shah of Shahs, but I would recommend reading them the other way around! Gave me some background information on Iran that filled in a few gaps in my knowledge.
El coronel Behrani, antes un rico iraní, es ahora un inmigrante más que arriesga todo para devolver la dignidad a su familia. Kathy Niccolo es una joven problemática, cuya casa es el último resquicio de estabilidad que tanto le ha costado conseguir. El sheriff Lester Burdon, un hombre casado, se enamora de Kathy hasta arruinar su propia vida para ayudarla a enfrentarse a la justicia. Arrastrado por sus deseos hacia la misma casa situada en las colinas de California y condenados por su trágica incapacidad de comprenderse los unos a los otros, los tres personajes convergen en un camino explosivo.
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Beyond myself somewhere I wait for my arrival —From "The Balcony" by Octavio Paz
Dedicatoria
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For my brother, Jeb, and for my four sisters, Suzanne, Nicole, Cadence, and Madeleine.
Primeras palabras
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The fat one, the radish Torez, he calls me Camel because I am Persian and because I can bear this August sun longer than the Chinese and the Panamanians and even the little Vietnamese, Tran.
Citas
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
"Dat's what they say of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' Bot they never tell you the milk's gone sour and the honey's stolen."
"It's almost easier being down and alone than when you're up and no one's there to share the view with you."
"...wanting for just this moment to be them again, though I never had been in the first place. Not really. Not a girl with girlfriends. Now, twenty years later, I could be their mother. But I wasn't anyone's mother, or wife. I wasn't a real girlfriend to anybody, or a friend; I was barely a sister, and whenever I thought of myself as a daughter my body felt too small and filthy to live in."
"But he didn't want to get caught up in the vortex of "should have's." Regret was Fear's big sister, the one he believed should never be let in the door."
Últimas palabras
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
"...I nod at her pack of Marlboro Lights. At first she doesn't seem to understand what I want, but then I smile, and put two fingers to my lips."
A recent immigrant from the Middle East--a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force--yearns to restore his family's dignity in California. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold onto the one thing she has left'her home. And her lover, a married cop, is driven to extremes to win her love.Andre Dubus III's unforgettable characters--people with ordinary flaws, looking for a small piece of ground to stand on--careen toward inevitable conflict. Their tragedy paints a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.
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Kathy Niccolo es una joven problemática, cuya casa es el último resquicio de estabilidad que tanto le ha costado conseguir.
El sheriff Lester Burdon, un hombre casado, se enamora de Kathy hasta arruinar su propia vida para ayudarla a enfrentarse a la justicia.
Arrastrado por sus deseos hacia la misma casa situada en las colinas de California y condenados por su trágica incapacidad de comprenderse los unos a los otros, los tres personajes convergen en un camino explosivo.