Oasis

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A Russian beauty, her dead Moroccan husband and a tiny oasis of bizarre and untrustworthy characters conspire to make a fever dream of a novel in this rich debut The Western Sahara desert is to some a void, to others a refuge, and to still others a home worth fighting for Lili stumbles into the centre of this exotic world as she escapes a husband she never wanted, even as he lies gasping in the sand next to his expensive car, his gold chains ripped from his neck But why have they come to this desolate place and why has she stood calmly by while he takes what must be his final breaths Oasis is thrilling from page one, taking us from the cold of poverty stricken Russia to the depths of the Bosphorus, the high priced hotels of Morocco, and the sandy, sultry confines of a shimmering oasis, where Lili finally comes to rest long enough to unravel the lies that have driven her to this tiny outpost of humanity Set against a political conflict that is tearing the Sahara apart under her feet, Oasis is women s literary fiction at its finest part love story, part mystery, but entirely a rapturous read Laureen Vonnegut s debut is a timeless tale of one woman s struggle to overcome her life of captivity and call the world her own. Best Read [ Oasis ] author [ Laureen Vonnegut ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr its my bookA very interesting story of a young girl between a 10 year period during WW2.This was a fantastically interesting novel Vivid to the point where you can feel the sand against your face in the desert wind More than anything I found this book to be about diverse personalities Personalities found only in an mediterranean setting We learn alot about this unique cast of characters Lili, The young protagonist who for some reason doesnt realize that she will only be used as a trophy by desert monarchs, unless she gets her russian tuchos into charm school and start getting This was a fantastically interesting novel Vivid to the point where you can feel the sand against your f...My oh my, this novel is BIZARRE The central character has a very interesting backstory Russian girl sold into the sex slave arena at an early age and sent to a Moroccan finishing school for concubines before being sold to a local man But this aside, the story is just plain weird I didn t get it at all The characters are all pretty random, and the plot involves a murder, some Russians looking for land mines, and a lot of oddball characters who seem to trip over one another on every occ My oh my, this novel is BIZARRE The central charact...First, Laureen and I are friends, and I blurbed the book I do think the book does a great job in putting the reader in the shoes of the protagonist, in this case a refugee from a high level European bordello She is given sold to an Arab who sh...This book hasn t been as good as I had hoped But I have to finish it considering I am halfway through it.really nice book with a good interesting story I really like itRussian woman finds herself stranded in a desert oasis with a motley cast of characters Didn t like this one very much at all.

Oasis
  • English
  • 12 April 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 208 pages
  • 1582433607
  • Laureen Vonnegut
  • Oasis