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A review by laviskrg
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar
5.0
This is officially one of my top-most favourite books, on the same level as "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (which it is a homage of) and "If on a Winter's Night a Traveller".
I will begin with what is important and unimportant at the same time: the subject. A family amidst unbelievable tragedy, suffering, death, corruption, retarded religion, history, metaphor, survival, love, passion, poetry, togetherness, resilience, patience, longing, various levels of complexity and Enlightenment, spirituality, forgiveness and ultimately, again, finally, death. This is the best book about death that I have ever read.
This was absolutely one of the most tender, intense, personal and heart-breaking literary experiences of my life. This book tore out what is left of my soul with a spoon and fed it back to me. It is a book for which I am incapable to sing praises because I simply cannot begin to describe its sensitivity, beauty, value or depth.
If ever you thought about reading a book more than once, read this one. Read it forever.
I will begin with what is important and unimportant at the same time: the subject. A family amidst unbelievable tragedy, suffering, death, corruption, retarded religion, history, metaphor, survival, love, passion, poetry, togetherness, resilience, patience, longing, various levels of complexity and Enlightenment, spirituality, forgiveness and ultimately, again, finally, death. This is the best book about death that I have ever read.
This was absolutely one of the most tender, intense, personal and heart-breaking literary experiences of my life. This book tore out what is left of my soul with a spoon and fed it back to me. It is a book for which I am incapable to sing praises because I simply cannot begin to describe its sensitivity, beauty, value or depth.
If ever you thought about reading a book more than once, read this one. Read it forever.