“A mixture of classical tragedy perfectly imbued with film noir… House of Sand and Fog is the work of a writer who is the real thing.” I cared for them all, and mourned their fates.” Andre Dubus III has a keen and generous eye, and the great gift of bestowing dignity on even the most confused of his people. Everyone here wants what we want-love, justice, a home-and all their good intentions collide, violently, inevitably, in a story of remarkable power and veracity and tenderness. “ Hous e of Sand and Fog is a novel of terrible truths.
But the good writing shines on every page, and it delights and saddens at the same time. It manages to tell both sides of the same story convincingly and honestly, and I know it had to be hard to write. “I loved this novel…I just did not want to put it down. House of Sand and Fog is a compelling and important book.” “Andre Dubus III has illuminated one of the great issues of the end of this century-the collision of cultures-and he’s done it with a novel of extraordinary narrative power and stylistic beauty. I have never felt so strongly about the talent of a young writer in my life.”
No one who reads this novel will ever forget it. In terms of style and experiment and narrative technique it ranks with the best writing among both the naturalist and realist schools of literature…Dubus has taken his place with Nelson Algren and James Cain. “ House of Sand and F og is one of the best American novels I’ve ever read. It is an American tragedy, and a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today. It turns both the traditional immigrant success story and a modern love story upside down with a heartrending outcome, in a masterstroke of American realism and Shakespearean consequence. Unfolding relentlessly from its tense and colorful first lines, House of Sand and Fog is a narrative triumph. These are people with ordinary flaws, people just looking for a small piece of ground to stand on, driven by the same needs into inevitable conflict-a conflict in which even the reader, rooting for all of them, has no safe haven. But the house's former owner, a recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck, doesn't see it that way, nor does her lover, a married cop driven to extremes to win her love and get her house back.ĭubus has an extraordinary ability to get us inside each of his characters, to see the world as it is for each of them. When an attractive bungalow comes available on county auction for a fraction of its value, he sees a great opportunity for himself, his wife, and his children. On a road crew in California, a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force under the Shah yearns to restore his family's dignity. And a small house will seem like the most important piece of territory in the world. In this page-turning, breathtaking novel, the characters will walk off the page and into your life. WW Norton & Company, 2011."Exceptional storytelling, true to life…searing and insightful…You can’t help but be impressed.”Ī National Book Award finalist, Oprah Book Club pick, #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Oscar-nominated motion picture. Although the author might be subjective due to the conveying of the inner world of an immigrant and a military, the overall message is rendered through powerful language and thought-through narration. The house of fog represents Behrani’s blurred and unreachable American dream that ultimately vanished. As the title implies, the house made of sand as a symbol of something old represents Kathy’s dream to restore her lost life. I am satisfied with the ending because such a turn of events and the emphasized emotional and philosophical lines complete the novel’s overall idea. Such a technique enhances the detachment of Behrani from his American dream due to the realization of the impossibility of happiness without his son.
#House of sand and fog andre dubus full
Also, at the end of the novel, the author uses phrases like “the streets are full of American people” or “these American police” (Dubus 332-333). The author adds foreign words into Behrani’s narrative with an aim to emphasize his origin as the reason for alienation. The final chapters that describe the death of Behrani’s son and the colonel’s intention to kill his wife and himself are characterized by a unique narrative style that stands out. The first-person narration that primarily conveys the inner state of the main character contributes to readers’ understanding of Behrani’s feelings and the logic behind his actions, as well as enhances the overall message of the novel.
0 kommentar(er)
