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Summary: I was not impressed
Review: I was expecting a great deal more from this book, especially since I myself was born Jewish. However, I found the characters to be unlikeable, the plot unbelieveable, and the setting (the most interesting part to me) not at all well delineated.
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Summary: Moonlight on the avenue of my childhood
Review: I, fortunately, encountered with this book for my Jewish History class. although i have to write a 10 page paper, this book is, by far, the best book I have ever read in my whole life. It affected me so deeply, I found myself crying when the pages were over.. Nahai....she's just great!
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Summary: So hard to put down!
Review: Iran-born Gina B. Nahai pulled me into her lyrical world with her first book, Cry of the Peacock. N.B. Although each book stands on its own merits, I heartily suggest that you read Cry of the Peacock first. Her magical realism is reminiscent of the work of Isabel Allende and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The author probes issues of Iranian Jewish life, exile, fate, motherhood and more in this incredible novel!
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Summary: A brilliant, imaginative book about strong, passionate women
Review: It's important that readers see the truth of history, and what better vehicle than a beautifully written, entrancing tale? The beauty, however, does not hide the actualities of pain and exclusion nor the intrinsic meaning of the word, concept, and reality of ghetto from which these women had to escape.
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Summary: Excellent; fairy tale, educational, moving; surreal.
Review: Just wanted to mention that the ending is... well... After all the magic realism, she abandons the realism part... and delves into the completely abstract. I was enjoying myself fancying that the story was "real" and not just a metaphor for her essentially essay-like study of exile (author is a scholar of exile).... but, near the end, she makes it clear it's a metaphor. Darn. I was enjoying the illusion. Still, a really powerful and highly engaging read. You're not going to waste your money here, I promise.
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Summary: Instant Bestseller
Review: Less than a week after publication date, Gina Nahai's "Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith" is #6 on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller list.
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Summary: Highly Recommended
Review: Library Journal has given this book a "star" review. A heady, sprawling tale of women, family,and country by the Iranian-born author of "Cry of the Peacock", this novel is both mesmerizing and difficult in its portrayal of what to most Western readers will seem a hard, exotic society. Highly recommended."
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Summary: Enchanting & original
Review: Looking for works of fiction by contemporary Iranian authors, I chanced upon Gina Nahai's novel quite by accident. And while I was not tremendously drawn in by the blurb on the back cover, reading the first two pages proved my first impressions wrong. This book is a phenomenal example of modern magical realism found in a society that one would normally not associate with that genre. But moreover, it really brings to light the plight of two groups of people: Iranian jews confined to the ghettos in their own country, and Iranian exiles forced to begin a new life in the United States. Nahai is able to expertly weave the history of her homeland with the fantastic, but does so in a way that is both easy and enjoyable to read.
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Summary: Orange prize for Fiction
Review: Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith is currently a finalist for the prestigious Orange Award for Fiction in England.
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Summary: Moonlight - a liitle madness, a lot of magic
Review: Nahai captures through beautiful prose the madness and magic of the Jewish ghetto in Teheran, mother and daughter relations and love vs. death. Her surrealistic portraits are truer than snapshots, capturing the essence of each character. Interwoven throughout this painfully lovely tale is the history of modern Iran as lived by its citzenry. Nahai examines the role of the outsider on many levels: unlucky child, unwanted daughter-in-law, social outcast, stranger in a strange land. She concludes that the transcendent power of faith and love is stronger than any code - real or imagined. This is a feast of a novel.
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