Lyrics Alley

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Lyrics Alley is the evocative story of an affluent Sudanese family shaken by the shifting powers in their country and the near tragedy that threatens the legacy they ve built for decades Their fortune threatened by shifting powers in Sudan and their heir s debilitating accident, a powerful family under the leadership of Mahmoud Bey is torn between the traditional and modern values of Mahmoud s two wives and his son s efforts to break with cultural limits. Free Read [ Lyrics Alley ] by [ Leila Aboulela ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr So this is another saga about a patriarchal family in exotic setting Don t you love those Publishers sure do there is a new one every two weeks Lyrics Alley starts bizarrely with a family tree, even though there are only two generations on it two brothers and their children Who needs a tree Please, I a...SPOILER ALERT.There is something seductive about this book It is not just the poetry of the books poet Nur, his absolute and pure love for his cousin Soraya which drives his every word and thought and which continues to move and inspire him even when these are all he can move, but , for this is a book which starts very slowly then you suddenly find yourself immersed into its very real sense of story, of time, of place The differences between Mahmoud s tw... Lyrics Alley has some very beautiful moments but is a disjointed novel that never really pulls it together by the end It is a quick and compelling story but the reasons for being pulled into the novel the setting, the tragedy the characters, wondering about the outcomes end up being less than fully realized I was left dissatisfied, unfortunately, yet I am open to readingby this author I wonder, though, given the setting and political climate of the time Sudan Egypt, 1951 amp Lyrics Alley has some very beautiful moments but is a disjointed novel that never really pulls it together by the end It is a quick and compelling story but the reasons for being pulled into the novel the setting, the tragedy the characters, wondering about the outcomes end up being less than fully realized I was left dissatisfied, unfortunately, yet I am open to readingby this author I wonder, though, given the setting ...It was interesting to read about life in Sudan in the 1950s The use of characters from Egypt was also interesting as it gave a comparison between these two neighbours, one who s modernisation and westernisation was further progressed I m not saying this is a good thing.Mahmoud is the patriarch who has built a successful trading company, puts a lot back into his country and is relatively modern in his thinking His first wife is uneducated, illiterate and represents the old Sudan His second y It was interesting to read about life in Sudan in the 1950s The use of characters from Egypt was also interesting as it gave a comparison between these two neighbours, one who s modernisation and westernisation was further progressed I m not saying this is a good thing.Mahmoud is the patriarch who has built a successful trading company, puts a lot back into his country and is relatively modern in hi...AFRICAN BOOKS MARATHON BOOK 5TITLE Lyrics AlleyAUTHOR Leila AboulelaCOUNTRY SudanAnother book that takes place in a country on the verge of independence from the British Empire An Empire that is crumbling.We are in Sudan in the early 1950 s and we see the story of the rich Abuzeid family The story takes place in the Abuzeids mansion in Omdurman, a city lying on the western banks of the River Nile, opposite the capital, Khartoum It also takes place in Cairo, Alexandria, London, and a few AFRICAN BOOKS MARATHON BOOK 5TITLE Lyrics AlleyAUTHOR Leila AboulelaCOUNTRY SudanAnother book that takes place in a country on the verge of independence from the British Empire An Empire that is crumbling.We are in Sudan in the early 1950 s and we see the story of the rich Abuzeid family The story takes place in the Abuzeids mansion in Omdurman, a city lying on the western banks of the River Nile, opposite the capital, Khartoum It also takes place in Cairo, Alexandria, London, and...I knew nothing of Sudan or its history and culture before reading this book I inhaled it in 48 hrs, reading till midnight each night Not even a reader s headache could make me put it down That s how engaging Ms Aboulela s prose is Set in the 1950s at a time of unrest in the entire region independence Suez crisis etc.The story begins with the illness of the patriarch, Mahmoud He apparently nearly slipped into a diabetic coma at some point and is spending weeks in bed as his family and I knew nothing of Sudan or its history and culture before reading this book I inhaled it in 48 hrs, reading till midnight each night Not even a reader s headache could make me put it down That s how engaging Ms Aboulela s prose is Set in the 1950s at a time of unrest in the entire region independence Suez crisis etc.The story begins with the illness of the patriarch, Mahmoud He apparently nearly slipped into a diabetic coma at some point and is spending weeks in bed as his family and associates gather round to lend him homage and support Curiously, the illness that caused the near coma never recurs, nor is there any reference to his having to change his lifestyle as a result Ah, the joys of fiction But then, larger than life business tycoons aren t like the rest of us, are they Most of the characters, men as well as women, are essentially self centred and manipulate those aro...A sad but compelling read Characters who have both likeable and dismaying personality traits It is based on the life of a real person but has been fictionalised Sudan was dusty, hot but great to discover.Well worth reading.I really enjoyed this novel, set in Sudan and Egypt in the 1950s.It covers a lot of ground, but the story at the centre is the true relationship between Sudan s famous poet and songwriter, Hassan Awad Aboulela and his childhood sweetheart, represented as Nur and Soraya in the novel They were cousins, betrothed from a young age, until a serious accident changed everything Hassan Awad Aboulela was Leila Aboulela s uncle and although he died before she was born, he remained qui Well worth reading.I really enjoyed this novel, set in Sudan and Egypt in the 1950s.It covers a lot of ground, but the story at the centre is the true relationship between Sudan s famous poet and songwriter, Hassan Awad Aboulela and his childhood sweetheart, represented as Nur and Soraya in the novel They were cousins, betrothed from a young age, until a serious accident changed everything Hassan Awad...Thoughts later I am steadily making my way through Leila Aboulela s stories.Starting in Sudan, shifting to Egypt and then back again, this is the story of the family of an astute Sudanese businessmen, his two squabbling wives one conservative Sudanese, the other a muchliberal Egyptian and his two eldest sons who are married and engaged respectively to the daughters of his muchtraditional brother It highlights the changing political and cultural climate of 1950 when Egypt and Sudan were politically joined at the hip with a ruling monarchy in Egypt and wh Starting in Sudan, shifting to Egypt and then back again, this is the story of the family of an astute Sudanese businessmen, his two squabbling wives one conservative Sudanese, the other a muchliberal Egyptian and his two eldest sons who are married and engaged respectively to the daughters of his muchtraditional brother It highlights the changing political and cultural climate of 1950 when Egypt and Sudan were politically joined at the hip with a ruling monarchy in Egypt and when ther...

Lyrics Alley
  • English
  • 18 January 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 310 pages
  • 0802119514
  • Leila Aboulela
  • Lyrics Alley