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A review by kendramartin
DeNiro's Game by Rawi Hage
5.0
Rawi Hage's use of language is superb. He successfully melds magical and wondrous metaphors and allusions into a taut, tightly-wound narrative that is brutal, blunt and tears away human artifice. Bassam is an ambivalent character; I didn't love or hate him, but I felt great pity and sadness for his character that had been defaced by the rigours of the prolonged war.
Many passages I read, and then had to immediately re-read. I love this one:
He pulled out a small bag, and we rolled oily hash into a thin sheet that we cut, with giant scissors, from the drape of the stretched-out sky. Moustafa passed his tongue along the edge of the sheet, and the liquid, like carpenter's glue, sealed it. I extended my arm and picked a light from a burning star, and Moustafa grabbed the wind and squeezed it in his chest. Then he passed the wine, the sky, and the fire to me, and I pulled it all these toward my lips, and like a black hole I sucked them in, held them, released them. (page 188)
I would highly recommend this multiple-award-winning book.
Many passages I read, and then had to immediately re-read. I love this one:
He pulled out a small bag, and we rolled oily hash into a thin sheet that we cut, with giant scissors, from the drape of the stretched-out sky. Moustafa passed his tongue along the edge of the sheet, and the liquid, like carpenter's glue, sealed it. I extended my arm and picked a light from a burning star, and Moustafa grabbed the wind and squeezed it in his chest. Then he passed the wine, the sky, and the fire to me, and I pulled it all these toward my lips, and like a black hole I sucked them in, held them, released them. (page 188)
I would highly recommend this multiple-award-winning book.