Swing Keman 4/4 Kuyruk Bağı
As far as novels in general go, this is very good, but as far as first novels go, this is pretty outstanding. Smith has a very well-developed narrative voice, and while I personally found some of the humor more liable to pull me out of the story than to make me laugh, the novel's tone is very consistent and well-thought-out. I also wonder if the humor was actually intended to do just that -- to tease out the real-world implications of things like subtle racism and classism and what's it's like to look different from your peers or have immigrant parents. If so, then this worked beautifully, even if I wasn't really laughing. While the novel has many 'big topic' themes (you know, the usual, identity, religion v. science, race, gender roles, history), the most important one is immigration and the immigrant experience. Almost all of the main characters (excepting Archie) are first or second generation immigrants in England. Particularly in the younger generation, there is quite a struggle to build a coherent identity that makes sense of the conflicting values being pressed upon the characters (Millat, Magid, Irie) by both family and society. From Millat's perspective, being part of a fundamentalist religious group helps him find semi-solid ground: "He knew he had no face in this country, no voice in the country, until the week before last when suddenly people like Millat were on every channel and every radio and every newspaper and they were angry, and Millat recognized the anger, thought it recognized him, and grabbed it with both hands." Millat believes that immigrants like his father are nothing, are no one, are unable to make a mark on the world. This is poignantly expressed by his anger about his father's story of scrawling his name on a park bench when he first arrives in England and then feeling extremely guilty. Towards the end of the novel, Millat's plans (semi-spoiler alert!) to take action at the FutureMouse debut are his way of trying to turn this around and make a name for himself. The character Irie experiences the most growth throughout the novel among the younger folk, moving from extreme self-hatred to acceptance of her unique appearance and some smart aspirations, despite a lack of mentorship and support. As she imagines traveling to Jamaica (her maternal family homeland) and finally feeling a sense of belonging, Smith writes: "Because we often imagine that immigrants are constantly on the move, footloose, able to change course at any moment, able to employ their legendary resourcefulness at every turn." It's true. We do often imagine and expect that immigrants in our country are willing and able to embrace every aspect of our culture, language, and value system without struggle. It's silliness. Samad, Millat's father, is a first-generation immigrant who grew up in Bangladesh. He feels deeply altered by the immigration experience: "And then you begin to give up the very idea of belonging. Suddenly this thing, this belonging, it seems like some long, dirty lie.. and I begin to believe that birthplaces are accidents, that everything is an accident." This really made me think - what would it be like to not feel like I belonged where I was living, and to feel that way for decades? It's impossible to imagine. Most interesting to me was this quotation: "Because homeland is one of the magical fantasy words like unicorn and soul and infinity that have now passed into the language. And the particular magic of homeland, its particular spell over Irie, was that it sounded like a beginning." Beyond what it says about the immigrant experience, I also like the little thought-provoking jab of pessimism Smith adds by throwing the soul in there as a comparatively un-real idea. This is pretty typical, if a more subtle instance, of Smith's humor. Overall, an enjoyable book with a lot going on. Lots of characters, all of them solid and very seriously flawed, and jumps through time over decades (and even a century in one case) that are well-written and illuminating enough to take in stride.
2022-11-14 17:04
Legend has it, Ernest Hemingway was sitting in a bar (predictable!) when a fan of his approached him and commented on how well he can tell a story in only a few words. He then challenged Hemingway to tell a story in the fewest amount of words possible. Hemingway shot back with “For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn”. Whether this story is true or just once of those great Hemingway myths, it is clear that a full story can be told in only 6 words. SMITH Magazine decided to use this as a premise for a project in which they asked their readers to write their autobiography/memoir in only 6 words. Only expecting a hundred or so responses, the editor of SMITH Magazine was astounding when hundreds of thousands of people wrote in. Among these entries were some famous people such as Stephen Colbert, Alison Bechdel, Yogi Berra’s granddaughter and others. These responses were then published in four different books two of which are just overall collections of the 6 word memoirs, one directed towards teens, and one specifically on love and heartbreak. The entries are almost all different and range from the funny to the poignant. I laughed out loud when I read “failed at love, won at scrabble” and was incredibly moved by a memoir about a woman who was raped and was unable to move on making her feel as if her life was useless. I smiled at the sentence “awkward girl takes chances. Fun ensures” and even wished that I had written it! Interspersed with text memoirs are graphic memoirs which brings an interesting aspect to the book. I know that some have not given this book the best of reviews, but I would really encourage those people to re-read the book and think a little while on each entry because many have great depth. Personally, I loved it! www.iamliteraryaddicted.blogspot.com
2022-11-14 16:25
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