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Clever unforgettable post 9/11 tale, from the “other” side

May 3, 2017 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

With all that is going on in our world, and specifically in our country due to the orange baboon in charge, my friend and I decided we wanted to do something to educate ourselves, specifically regarding Muslim people.  Sort of a “fight the piles of ignorance with education” personal growth assignment.  I came across an article via lithub that gave 10 contemporary books to read, so we both took a look.  She narrowed down the list to a few, and then I made the final call. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 9/11, mohsin hamid, Pakistan, the reluctant fundamentalist

cheerbrarian's CBR9 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 9/11, mohsin hamid, Pakistan, the reluctant fundamentalist ·
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You you you you you you you you you TOO MANY YOU’S.

June 13, 2014 by narfna Leave a Comment

This one comes down to personal taste. I don’t write very many reviews like this — where it’s clear the author was good with words and had a brain in his head, even some good things to say — but where I just can’t stand the way it’s presented. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, I gather, was somewhat revelatory when it was first published, as it was among rare company in being a post-9/11 novel told from a non-white, non-American perspective. I don’t know very much about Mohsin […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, mohsin hamid, narfna, the reluctant fundamentalist

narfna's CBR6 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, mohsin hamid, narfna, the reluctant fundamentalist ·
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