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Title: Mara and Dann : An Adventure by Doris Lessing ISBN: 0-06-093056-X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.79 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Slow at times, but a good story
Comment: I have read much of Lessing's work and and enjoy her writing a great deal. I have found some of her writing impenetrable and thankfully, this is not one of them. Briefing for a Descent into Hell was very difficult. Anyway, I liked the story in this book and felt for the 2 main characters. These 2, Mara and Dann, have many adventures and difficulties. Lessing is strongest, I think, in the way she explores complex relationships between people, particularly ones in extreme circumstances, and this book exposes these children to some of the worst. At the same time, she manages to make real the type of existence that must be true for many in the poorer areas of earth now. For that reason, it can be very sad. In general, though, the book is optimistic because of the optimism of the main characters.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful story
Comment: The only reason I picked this book up is becuase my sister's name is Mara. It's the best job I've ever done of judging a book by its cover. In "Mara and Dann", Lessing has produced a simple, and yet utterly profound and inspiring novel. Set in Africa in the distant future, we follow the travels, and life story of Mara, and her brother Dann. The novel is a tale of great adventure and romance, but it is also a moving portrait of the bond shared by siblings. Like no other novel I have ever read, "Mara and Dann" captures the exasperation, heartache, joy and ultimately friendship that come from having a brother or sister.
"Mara and Dann" is both a creative, engaging adventure, and work of amzing depth and heart. It will not disappoint.
Rating: 4
Summary: Quite an adventure
Comment: Every once in a while, it is good to read a work of fantasy. In this novel, Mara and Dann are living in Ifrik (Africa) many, many years in the future. Some catastrophe has taken place on Planet Earth, and civilization as we know it had been obliterated. Mara and Dann belong to the civilization that rose from the devastation. They will travel from southern to northern Ifrik during some very entertaining 400 or so pages.
Two things I enjoyed: first, the map of Ifrik at the very beginning of the book. It was a valuable reference. Also, I liked the modified names that pepper the story. Ifrik is Africa, Yerrup is Europe, and the best: the legends of unhappy women, like Mam Bova, Ankrena, Mam Bedfly!
What I didn't like were seven-year-old Mara asking questions that were totally out of her league, the figure of Kulik (why is he so bent in chasing them?), and the final arrival to the Promised Land. There was something very anti-climactic there.
But, as a whole, this is an enjoyable novel, very engaging.
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Title: The Namesake : A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri ISBN: 0395927218 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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