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A review by peripetia
The Fall of the Imam by Nawal El Saadawi
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
4.5
This was a confusing and challenging book to read. It took my full attention to even keep up with what was going on, and even then I often failed.
The story is highly allegorical with references that I for sure missed. Every line could have been analyzed for hours.
This novel for me was more about the themes than the plot, a story that keeps repeating throughout the book in different forms from different perspectives. I'm sure there are multiple theses out there written about this book from a more literary perspective, but I am woefully uneducated when it comes to literary analysis.
My understanding of this book is probably lacking, but I expect that people in general will draw different things from it. Personally, I haven't stopped thinking about it since I finished it four days ago, and I doubt I ever will.
The story is highly allegorical with references that I for sure missed. Every line could have been analyzed for hours.
This novel for me was more about the themes than the plot, a story that keeps repeating throughout the book in different forms from different perspectives. I'm sure there are multiple theses out there written about this book from a more literary perspective, but I am woefully uneducated when it comes to literary analysis.
My understanding of this book is probably lacking, but I expect that people in general will draw different things from it. Personally, I haven't stopped thinking about it since I finished it four days ago, and I doubt I ever will.