Home Fire
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WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDAND AND NEW YORK TIMES
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'The book for our times' - Judges of the Women's Prize
'Elegant and evocative ... A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world' - Guardian
'Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I've read in a novel this century' - New York Times
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For girls, becoming women was inevitability; for boys, becoming men was ambition
Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally studying in America, resuming a dream long deferred. But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London - or their brother, Parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew.
Then Eamonn enters the sisters' lives. Handsome and privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to - or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz's salvation? Two families' fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love?
A contemporary reimagining of Sophocles' Antigone, Home Fire is an urgent, fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love and politics collide - confirming Kamila Shamsie as a master storyteller of our times.
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NOW A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2018
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017
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Mixed feelings
What an interesting read. I did not know before finishing it that it is an adaptation of Antigone and now even more of the book makes sense. I preferred the first half of the book, the writing really pulled me in. Sadly, the second half at times felt too much like fiction (I know, a hilarious thing to say, but fiction that feels like fiction isn’t the best if you ask me). That’s why I’m stuck between three and four stars, but the entire ethical conversation this book centers around pushes it up to 4.
Leider bin ich mit dem Schreibstil und der Art der Erzählung nicht klargekommen. Das Thema des Buches hat mich sehr interessiert, aber dadurch, dass die Kapitel aus der Perspektive so vieler Charaktere erzählt wurde, habe ich keinen emotionalen Zugang zu den einzelnen Charakteren und ihren Schicksalen gefunden und wusste ehrlich gesagt auch nicht immer, wie und wo ich die einzelnen Menschen mit den anderen Charakteren in Verbindung bringen sollte und wie die Ereignisse zeitlich eingeordnet werden müssen. Der Schreibstil war mir insgesamt zu distanziert und hat einfach nicht meinen Geschmack getroffen. /Ergänzung: Ich habe gerade erfahren, dass es sich um eine Nacherzählung des Klassikers "Antigone" handeln soll. Ich habe Antigone leider weder gelesen, noch weiss ich, worum es in dem Werk geht. Vermutlich ist mir deshalb so schwergefallen, viele Zusammenhänge zu verstehen. Falls ihr den Klassiker kennt, könnte euch also "Hausbrand" besser gefallen, als mir.
Description
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDAND AND NEW YORK TIMES
_______________
'The book for our times' - Judges of the Women's Prize
'Elegant and evocative ... A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world' - Guardian
'Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I've read in a novel this century' - New York Times
_______________
For girls, becoming women was inevitability; for boys, becoming men was ambition
Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally studying in America, resuming a dream long deferred. But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London - or their brother, Parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew.
Then Eamonn enters the sisters' lives. Handsome and privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to - or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz's salvation? Two families' fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love?
A contemporary reimagining of Sophocles' Antigone, Home Fire is an urgent, fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love and politics collide - confirming Kamila Shamsie as a master storyteller of our times.
_______________
NOW A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2018
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017
Book Information
Posts
Mixed feelings
What an interesting read. I did not know before finishing it that it is an adaptation of Antigone and now even more of the book makes sense. I preferred the first half of the book, the writing really pulled me in. Sadly, the second half at times felt too much like fiction (I know, a hilarious thing to say, but fiction that feels like fiction isn’t the best if you ask me). That’s why I’m stuck between three and four stars, but the entire ethical conversation this book centers around pushes it up to 4.
Leider bin ich mit dem Schreibstil und der Art der Erzählung nicht klargekommen. Das Thema des Buches hat mich sehr interessiert, aber dadurch, dass die Kapitel aus der Perspektive so vieler Charaktere erzählt wurde, habe ich keinen emotionalen Zugang zu den einzelnen Charakteren und ihren Schicksalen gefunden und wusste ehrlich gesagt auch nicht immer, wie und wo ich die einzelnen Menschen mit den anderen Charakteren in Verbindung bringen sollte und wie die Ereignisse zeitlich eingeordnet werden müssen. Der Schreibstil war mir insgesamt zu distanziert und hat einfach nicht meinen Geschmack getroffen. /Ergänzung: Ich habe gerade erfahren, dass es sich um eine Nacherzählung des Klassikers "Antigone" handeln soll. Ich habe Antigone leider weder gelesen, noch weiss ich, worum es in dem Werk geht. Vermutlich ist mir deshalb so schwergefallen, viele Zusammenhänge zu verstehen. Falls ihr den Klassiker kennt, könnte euch also "Hausbrand" besser gefallen, als mir.