Homeless Rats

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Under the intolerable mid day sun a troupe of Bedouins set up camp on land previously ruled by desert creatures long legged rats, who bury themselves in tunnels to escape the heat, snakes who lurk in the shade, wise old tortoises, wolves and armies of rats As the humans begin to search for food, a battle for survival begins. Read Homeless Rats – kino-fada.fr Where this book really shines is as the depiction of a micro society, the forty of so people of Mizda My copy says the author is from a village of the same name, though I don t whether he intends an accurate depiction of his homeplace and its people.The villagers of Mizda, already struggling after a period of drought, come to Jandouba in the hope of harvesting the barley fields in exchange for some of the crop Arriving on the brink of starvation, they discover the jerboas have already harveste Where this book really shines is as the depiction of a micro society, the forty of so people of Mizd...Homeless Rats by Ahmed FagihBeautiful and powerful story about a group of Bedouins that is forced to leave Mizda, an oasis village in northern Libya To avoid starvation the Sheikh leads his people to a place he had visited before, a fertile valley with big fields of barley.After three long years of drought they could hardly believe their eyes seeing the big immense golden fields But when the group got closer to the plants they found out to their horror that there was not one ear of barley left Homeless Rats by Ahmed FagihBeautiful and powerful story about a group of Bedouins that is forced to leave Mizda, an oasis village in northern Libya To avoid starvation the Sheikh leads hi...I love books with animals in them SpeciaIly with no cruelty to animals I really liked this book There are chapters narrated by a rat or an ant But don t be put off, it is very well done and it is done to give you a different view of the humans that are the main narrators of this tale The book is very well narrated in the sense that you feel for humans and animals alike.You can feel many of the human emotions depicted in this novel and when disaster comes, everyone humans, rats, snakes, wol I love books with animals in them SpeciaIly with no cruelty to animals I really liked this book There are chapters narrated by a rat or an ant But...I won t rate this book as it d be unfair to the writer You know how sometimes you are really in the mood for,say,steak, and it s absolutely gorgeous..just hits the spotbut then another day you can be served the same meal and be thinking, hmm, should ve ordered the fish because you just aren t in the moodthe steak is the same, but you aren t. To cut a long story short I recently read another novel about life in the desert and it wowed me because I was in the right frame of mind.with t I won t rate this book as it d be unfair to the writer You know how sometimes you are really in the mood...Enjoyed the narrative framework of this little novel, although felt a little underwhelmed by the ending However it was an interesting look at tribal life and customs in Libya, and the themes of ownership, abundance and harmony between social groups were very thought provoking.Review to follow.

Homeless Rats
  • English
  • 27 September 2017
  • Paperback
  • 203 pages
  • 0704372320
  • Ahmed Fagih
  • Homeless Rats