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A review by dianais
About My Mother by Tahar Ben Jelloun
5.0
This is a strange, emotional book. It is a story of pain, the pain of seeing one's mother depart from humanity, into the vicious grip of Alzheimer. I don't think I've ever read something so endearing and disturbing at the same time.
There are many things I liked about this book, the faithfull depiction of feelings - a mother's love, a son's love and devotion, sadness, misery.
Thinking back, I think that maybe, even the pages that I felt too repetitive, too annoying to read through, were just meant to accurately paint the whole picture of human life ending.
There are many things I liked about this book, the faithfull depiction of feelings - a mother's love, a son's love and devotion, sadness, misery.
Thinking back, I think that maybe, even the pages that I felt too repetitive, too annoying to read through, were just meant to accurately paint the whole picture of human life ending.