καταπληκτικό. Από τα ωραιότερα βιβλία που έχω διαβάσει. C'era una volta una casa, una casa antica, che si chiamava "la casa della moschea",
Bellissimo ed emozionante! Un romanzo indimenticabile che resterà nel mio cuore!
Scritto dalliraniano Kader Abdolah, esule in Olanda, “La casa della moschea” racconta un pezzo di storia recente della Persia attraverso le vicende, ora liete liete ora drammatiche, di una grande e rispettata famiglia, custode da generazioni di unantica moschea in una cittadina della regione centrale del paese.
Dalla fine degli anni Sessanta con lo sbarco sulla luna fino alla guerra contro lIraq, passando per le tumultuose vicende legate alla caduta dello scià Reza Pahlavi e allavvento della Repubblica islamica di Khomeyni, il lettore si ritrova immerso nellatmosfera della grande casa addossata al muro della moschea, dove la vita dei suoi abitanti segue il proprio corso tra ordinaria quotidianità e rispetto delle tradizioni, senza che manchino eventi bizzarri, tresche e amori più o meno leciti.
Fra tutti, spicca il personaggio di Aga Jan, il ricco mercante di tappeti a capo del bazar cittadino, colonna portante della casa, anche quando in tanti, troppi, dispersi dal vento inquieto del destino, lavranno ormai abbandonata una figura carica di saggezza, profonda umanità e dignità, commovente e indimenticabile allorché, “pater dolorosus”, va alla ricerca di una caritatevole sepoltura per il figlio giustiziato dal regime degli ayatollah.
Molto bello anche il personaggio del nipote Shahbal, nel quale sintravede lalter ego dello stesso scrittore, così come risultano impagabili quelli delle nonne e altri solo in apparenza minori.
Tuttintorno una natura incantata, altamente poetica e tuttaltro che inanimata, che fa da giusta cornice alle vicende narrate: il giardino con al centro la vasca esagonale piena di pesci, il vecchio corvo dalletà indefinita, forse addirittura centenario, le cicogne che fanno il nido su uno dei minareti della moschea, il vento che scende dalle montagne, il fiume che si porta via le lacrime silenziose di Aga Jan
Unopera straordinaria che racchiude in sé tutto il fascino e la magia dei racconti dOriente, nonché la nostalgia di chi è costretto allesilio pagine intense in cui passato e presente sintrecciano con leggerezza, mentre lIslam, quello autentico, ha il sapore delle feste di primavera e il volto umano di qualsiasi religione di pace.
Cinque stelle e lode, da leggere! Dall'Iran dello Scià a quello di Komeini attraverso un racconto delicato a volte magico tanto da sembrar di leggere le Mille e Una Notte ma anche crudo per le atrocità commesse dal regime.
L'Autore riesce ad amalgamare in modo avvincente i suoi ricordi con la storia fantastica del suo paese durante una transizione molto dolorosa e sconcertante.
"Continuo a non capire come le persone possano cambiare da un giorno all'altro",
Al centro l'Islam, la fede mussulmana, la cultura araba attraverso il Corano in sintesi una regola di vita insegnato da generazioni di imam che hanno vissuto nella Casa accanto alla Moschea ma anche quella persiana zoroastriana e prezoroastriana il mito di Ormuz e dei tappeti dai mille colori e disegni.
Il messaggio di fondo è la condanna di ogni forma di fondamentalismo, di interpretazione a proprio vantaggio dei testi sacri da parte di alcune frange per sottomettere intere popolazioni.
Questo non è lo spirito dell'Islam che è per la pace, l'onestà, la compassione,
"Così fa la vita, Gioca con te, A volte ti ama, A volte ti umilia" Is it pro Islam a sceptical Iranian friend asked me when I gave her a glowing recommendation between the first amp second reading of this novel.
To be honest, I have no clearcut verdict,
It is more inside Islam, looking out at the changes wrought to the traditional upper levels of society in a northern Iranian city by the Shah's reforms and the revolution that reshaped them.
As such, written in Dutch by an exile in the Netherlands, it's a window opened for the natives of his guest country,
Do we like what we see An equally ambiguous question, The inferior status accorded to women in Islamic society grates my European sensibilities, Always does, always will, argue not, The "grandmothers" life of toil, with only the Hadj to look forward to out of reach, bar a miracle is particularly sad,
The upside of religion as a way of life is that the majority of adherents feel no need to be fanatic about it.
Aga Djan is instrumental in quelling the first protest march, instigated by a Qomsent radical new imam who'll later head the political trials and death squads of the revolution.
What is a good story without a good Principal Antagonist He has grasped the consequences of national reform fuller and faster than our venerable bazaar merchant, who watches his influence fade under the twin forces of a strong central government and an equally organized terrorist network.
Galgal's also the most obvious example of an imam's centuriesold political role, but his lesser colleague the "Village Imam" has to fill the same shoes.
How do you captivate an audience Do you draw from their daily lives Do you educate them on current affairs Do you riot them, or pay lip service to the Emperor Any combination is possible when you have to expand the short and ambiguous verses of the Koran amp the best sermons mix all of these.
Aga Djan's family suffers the full range of destructive forces unleashed by the revolution, or rather, by their own buried frustrations unleashed.
Public degradation. Exile. Execution. While one member joins the resistance, another joins the female guardians,
It's impossible to say whether all senior citizens of's/'s Iran would've adjusted to a modernized urban life with satellite TV amp Cinema.
I hope so. If National Geographic amp Wikipedia have shown as anything, it's that modern media can be the same fountain of knowledge as an ancient library.
The Dutch writing is a bit stiff, like Persian thoughts in translation, They are, so that's OK, Много добра художествена версия, която се движи по реални събития но все пак си остава измислица в детайлите, което е чудесно де. Лично аз имам огромен интерес към геополитиката особено на азиатския регион и поспециално от времето на иранската революция отг. и това беше първата причина книгата да привлече вниманието ми.
Успя да ме трогне с начина на повествование и определено стилът ми допадна, богатството от герои също, а често пъти бях изненадана. Трудно е да предадеш една революция по къс начин, но по мое мнение Кадер Абдола се е справил с това, може да се каже, лирично. Радвам се, че попаднах на този роман съвсем случайно разглеждах за нова книжка. Отбелязва прехода между няколко епохи, тотално различни една от друга, а подобно нещо винаги е интересно всякога за четене, рядко за изживяване, както е показала историята.
Безспорен връх в темата обаче си остава Вихрушка“ на Джеймс Клавел. Това величие никой никога няма да може да надмине и романа, и самия Джеймс Клавел.
Those kinds of novels answers the question that is always asked,
how u are a Muslim and u are afraid of Sharia law
this doesn't make sense,may be ,but the problem is not in Sharia law,it is in those who define it.
and how their thinking is Deviated,
Peoples opinionespecially those Islamic politicians should never be reflected in the
making the laws,
they destroy Islams image as a religion of peace and justice,
how could Osama bin laden be following the same religion of Rumi
in a a male dominated society there are invented
Sharia laws that violate the Quran and Prophet.
Those are purely antiIslamic.
and women,have always paid heavily for this,
who changed the meaning of the Quranic word “Sharia” from “Moral Guidance”
to State law
Its a strange spirit against current civilization and against Islam itself.
Today I was walking in the street and a young man in his twenties was addressing every woman he sees by
by the word "sin"!!
why women are portrayed as The Devil's Gateway.
who is brainwashing those guys to say those awful words,
I had to say those words as this is novel Foresees what could happen in EGYPT,
the worst nightmares.
the book portrays struggles between the leaders of the bazaar and the religious rule of the imams,
and between parents and their children who are caught up in revolutionary ideas and do not follow the old rules of the house.
mingles fiction and personal history and relate to the political and social changes that took place
in Iran after the Iranian revolution and the rise of khomeini.
it came across the acts of human rights violations,
mass campaign of torture, rape, and execution for political opponents causes
and anyone who was accused of insufficient Islamic behavior.
the most touching scene was the father who wanted to bury the body of his executed son and was
forbidden ,and was brutally beaten by the people of every town and village for fear of being punished by the authority.
The first half of the book introduces you to the family customs and traditions narrated in a
magical story telling, the nature description,the immigrant birds and the color complexion
of their feathers and how was inspiring to the artists of the bazaar,
actually those parts were my favorites,when he describes the walks of a blind man to the river
at dawn to listen to the singing birds under the almond trees,and those pieces of poetry that was included.
. .
I wish to read a novel that is all about The Persian mythical birds and trees!
There were some mistakes I don't know if it was intended or it is related to shia beliefs I don't know much about their practice ,
however it is not more likely to be such big difference
between shia and sunna,he mentioned that the prayers were seven a day and they are five.
another chapter he claims it to be in Qur'an about a man could say some words to a woman and then they became a husband and wife.
also there are some verses I have never read before,
but in general this was an enjoyable experience and a unique book,
I would recommend it to anyone who liked A Thousand Splendid Suns,
I have used the word unique a few times to describe a novel, perhaps I did not know the true meaning of the word.
Or perhaps, it was that I had not read The House of the Mosque, nor will I ever read a book of the same calibre, style, or story, I can't imagine.
At first I was sceptical, as any boy would be after being recommended a book by his father, who, frankly, has bad taste.
But then I had nothing to read, and this had a vibrant cover, . .
Immediately I was absolutely absorbed, I was almost surprised Abdolah does not use long descriptions akin to Woolf or any Russian author ever, Instead, he respects our imagination, he allows us as the readers a bit of breathing space to help create the world,
Use of the word create is wrong, The book smacks of autobiography, making the story all the more moving, Abdolah a pen name used in memory of two of his friends killed by the Iranian regime uses a strangely simple writing style, in fact it is probably the simplest style I have come across.
It could be plausible that this is due to the fact than it is an Iranian writing in Dutch that was translated to English.
I disagree. The book did not need the complex language and descriptions akin to Woolf or every Russian to have ever written, If Im honest, I would never have liked it so much had it been some complex metaphor, Instead, Abdolah allows the story to reign, and it took over my mind in a way I never thought possible,
A beautiful story, written in a beautiful way, that follows the life a family who live in and run the biggest Mosque in Senejan, a large Iranian city.
They live through dictatorship, revolution, and the worse dictatorship after, The book starkly shows us the true Iran, the sincerity of the book is astounding, there was no emotion from the author, in fact it felt like there was no author at all, but instead that I was just watching something, or reading a biography which I suppose I was.
It dispels myths, it attacks fanatics, and it attacks humanity the horribly fickle gene we as humans all possess, I think from now on I shall carry it in my bag, so the next time someone says an antiMuslim comment I can throw the book at them to read.
Also, I reckon it could do some damage,
The ending was the best ending I have ever read, There is no pretence, some have claimed it is abrupt, I might agree, But it meant for me the mystery lived on, and their lives, This is writing at is best at its core, Damn you, Goodreads. com. Why dont we have a secretstar option!
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