tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post3654969041660881441..comments2024-01-24T11:41:28.022+00:00Comments on A Cuban In London: L'Attentat - Yasmina Khadra (Review)A Cuban In Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-91545943814612371282009-05-14T15:39:00.000+01:002009-05-14T15:39:00.000+01:00Many thanks for your kind comment, Renee.
Greetin...Many thanks for your kind comment, Renee.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-15764044006383758442009-05-14T15:29:00.000+01:002009-05-14T15:29:00.000+01:00Can you imagine. What doesn't feel like a lie aft...Can you imagine. What doesn't feel like a lie after that.<br /><br />Fanatics never happy only murderous.<br /><br />I love that you talked about all the sides and I love that he stayed true to non-harm of others.<br /><br />Love Renee xoxoReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-51675181724751793952009-02-03T15:26:00.000+00:002009-02-03T15:26:00.000+00:00Thanks, don eu, for your kind comment.Greetings fr...Thanks, don eu, for your kind comment.<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-45679795317502291372009-02-03T13:25:00.000+00:002009-02-03T13:25:00.000+00:00Interesting! I just noted down the author's name. ...Interesting! I just noted down the author's name. Looking forward to find it in English.Eufrates del Vallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254575666715179964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-86595112112903876802009-02-02T18:17:00.000+00:002009-02-02T18:17:00.000+00:00Thanks, fly, for your kind comment.Greetings from ...Thanks, fly, for your kind comment.<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-7871548898983903812009-02-02T05:17:00.000+00:002009-02-02T05:17:00.000+00:00wow, you had me drawn in as though i were reading ...wow, you had me drawn in as though i were reading the book itself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04995683787366568554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-52982449617632831452009-01-29T09:19:00.000+00:002009-01-29T09:19:00.000+00:00Thank you Miren and Shaista for your kind comments...Thank you Miren and Shaista for your kind comments.<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-87540872852856630382009-01-29T00:14:00.000+00:002009-01-29T00:14:00.000+00:00Thankyou for your insightful comments about my poe...Thankyou for your insightful comments about my poetry. It is a pleasure to be able to inspire a fellow artist to respond so thoughtfully. <BR/><BR/>When I wrote the poem about 'reading', I was sitting in our conservatory; green plants inside, wild garden outside, and sky sky sky everywhere. <BR/><BR/>Gracias, desde Cambridge.Shaistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259344471712162333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-11047843197092804392009-01-28T21:11:00.000+00:002009-01-28T21:11:00.000+00:00Thank you for your review and your site so much in...Thank you for your review and your site so much interesting.<BR/>All the best from the South of France!!!<BR/>See you soon,<BR/>MirenMirenEllehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899332640323044976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-64906207147229067642009-01-28T20:32:00.000+00:002009-01-28T20:32:00.000+00:00I have 'Les Hirondelles...' in my book wishlist :-...I have 'Les Hirondelles...' in my book wishlist :-), too!<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-82484524100976756652009-01-28T19:20:00.000+00:002009-01-28T19:20:00.000+00:00good...good...proof that your review was really "e...good...good...<BR/><BR/>proof that your review was really "enthousiasmante", i've just ordered it and "Les Hirondelles de Kaboul" as well...<BR/><BR/>am so thrilled!My Castle in Spainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14572760890022593531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-86181730470064462752009-01-28T18:58:00.000+00:002009-01-28T18:58:00.000+00:00Thank you both for your kind comments. I have not ...Thank you both for your kind comments. I have not seen 'Paradise Now' yet but it is in my list of movies-to-see especially as I was very close to organising a Palestinian-Israeli cinema retrospective a couple of years when I still worked in the arts.<BR/><BR/>My next review will be Kundera's 'The Book of Laughter and Forgetting'. I am working on it as I write. Merci bien :-)!<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-58576118121126014902009-01-28T18:42:00.000+00:002009-01-28T18:42:00.000+00:00sorry..you heard it before but this is EXCELLENT !...sorry..you heard it before but this is EXCELLENT !<BR/><BR/>you totally arose my interest in Yasmina Khadra whom i've never read before. (thank you for revealing his identity)<BR/><BR/>i did appreciate the excerpts in French, so thank you for leaving them "dans le texte".<BR/><BR/>reading the plot, i couldn't help thinking of the movie "Paradise Now". Surely you saw it. It tells the last 24h of 2 Palestinian friends going on a kamikaze mission in Tel Aviv, their doubts, their convictions, their shift of opinion.<BR/><BR/>what's your next book review?<BR/>:-)My Castle in Spainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14572760890022593531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-78678362146064072152009-01-28T17:01:00.000+00:002009-01-28T17:01:00.000+00:00I enjoyed this review very, very much. Excellent. ...I enjoyed this review very, very much. Excellent. Thank you for pointing out the misspelling. I didn't mind at all. I'm a stickler for these things and so often go back to posts again and again and change things because it drives me nuts to leave them. I did spell it correctly in posts, but they pass by quickly. This, however, is seen all the time and I wonder how many saw it, new it, and didn't tell me.<BR/>I will be the first one to tell someone if they have spinach in their teeth! But if you try to tell me about my comma placement I'm afraid you'll be a very, very, busy man!!!!<BR/>Warmest regards,<BR/>Catherineceeceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962254736526651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-18158857777981243062009-01-28T15:00:00.000+00:002009-01-28T15:00:00.000+00:00Gracias, asere.Saludos desde Londres.Gracias, asere.<BR/><BR/>Saludos desde Londres.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-82933438905351908742009-01-28T14:54:00.000+00:002009-01-28T14:54:00.000+00:00Gracias por compartir con nosotros esta excelente ...Gracias por compartir con nosotros esta excelente critica literaria. Prometo que buscaré la obra para leerla. <BR/>Abrazon con Son pa ti, my cuban.<BR/>nos pillamos, el tony.GeNeRaCiOn AsErEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068497397137264695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-69716601621774857412009-01-28T14:07:00.000+00:002009-01-28T14:07:00.000+00:00Thanks, Sarah.Greetings from London.Thanks, Sarah.<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-32117116155681000602009-01-28T12:26:00.000+00:002009-01-28T12:26:00.000+00:00L’Attentat sounds like a novel of our times, sadly...L’Attentat sounds like a novel of our times, sadly. The cover art and your synopsis capture the horror so well. What a chilling plot twist to have the beloved wife be the assassin! Dr. Amine sounds a most admirable and interesting character. The author is quite a character himself. Great review!Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-36136636090554745242009-01-28T09:04:00.000+00:002009-01-28T09:04:00.000+00:00Thanks a lot for your kind comment, diva.Greetings...Thanks a lot for your kind comment, diva.<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-23093063229885718562009-01-28T05:32:00.000+00:002009-01-28T05:32:00.000+00:00An excellent review.I've been pondering whether or...An excellent review.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I've been pondering whether or not to read it. Your review makes me want to...<BR/><BR/>I realize I haven't read any books close to this subject since 9-11. Interesting revelation.High Desert Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06612606483622054573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-44583109507433116382009-01-27T15:10:00.000+00:002009-01-27T15:10:00.000+00:00Thanks, willow.Greetings from London.Thanks, willow.<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-86863994775067116992009-01-27T13:47:00.000+00:002009-01-27T13:47:00.000+00:00Another excellent review, Mr. Cuban.Another excellent review, Mr. Cuban.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-53764169225787984602009-01-27T13:00:00.000+00:002009-01-27T13:00:00.000+00:00Thanks both salva and dancing for your kind commen...Thanks both salva and dancing for your kind comments. I did think of 'Crime and Punishment' funny enough. But then again, I always think of 'Crime and Punishment'.<BR/><BR/>Note to self: Find out if they still have a copy in library.<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-57882961974444575942009-01-27T12:43:00.000+00:002009-01-27T12:43:00.000+00:00It seems like a must read, an insightful entry int...It seems like a must read, an insightful entry into this chaotic,ideological quagmire- painful,contradicting- I will seek this book out today-merci pour votre critique de livre,ça partage son message. Without having read it , it reminds me of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment- for its confrontation of man's capability to act in a violent primal way yet, he/she must integrate these actions into complexity of living as a "high functioning"-life form --a human. Must read- you have gift of writing and reviewing literature- which can inspire others.matihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272662214191754666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1165773290907101242.post-6932900660862191162009-01-27T11:21:00.000+00:002009-01-27T11:21:00.000+00:00Ho letto di questo libro Cuban, ma non L'ho ancor...Ho letto di questo libro Cuban, ma non L'ho ancora letto. <BR/><BR/>Lo compreró appena vado di nuovo in Libreria. Interessante! <BR/><BR/>Thanks. <BR/><BR/>Saluti da Colonia, <BR/>SalvaSalvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08234873019419598363noreply@blogger.com