De niros game

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Loved each and every part of this book. I will definitely recommend this book to fiction, cultural lovers. Whoever is looking to seek the truth about what occurs outside of our typical lives in other countries, grab this book as fast as you can.

Aug 26, A. Rawi Hage's De Niro's Game is a rare creature, a first novel that hits it out of the park. Few first novels are so assured or effective.

The novel is set in Beirut, just before and during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in George and Bassam are two petty street thugs eking out a living in Christian East Beirut by any means they can. Bassam dreams of escaping to Rome, while George is only interested in making himself more comfortable.

They can't escape the reach of the militia, itself a crim Rawi Hage's De Niro's Game is a rare creature, a first novel that hits it out of the park. They can't escape the reach of the militia, itself a criminal organization, and George joins up. The novel is in three parts, Roma, Beirut and Paris. Part 1 doesn't actually take place in Rome, but Bassam's dream of escaping to Rome overshadows it.

Allusions to Albert Camus' L'Etranger abound in part 3, and the existentialist influence is clear in the conclusion. When asked where he will go next, Bassam answers "Roma," implying perhaps that he's trapped in a loop of memory, in his own private Myth of Sisyphus.

Hage's writing style is unique and striking, his imagery is vivid, and his story is compelling. The novel has two faults, the first being a style that occasionally becomes florid. Hage likes to play with strings of images in run-on sentences, which works wonderfully when the images are striking, but is mannered and tedious when they are not.

Secondly, the story sags in Part 3, where Hage uses an implausible sub-plot to trap Bassam in his hopeless situation. George's fate is clear at the end of part 2; what's not clear in part 3 is how Bassam will deal with it. The sub-plot is a disappointing distraction. Despite these flaws, De Niro's Game is a fine novel. This book stated off strangely for me, but I gradually adjusted to the writing style and the story flowed rather well.

I did tire of them, though I did find the way they were written to be conceptually intriguing, almost like the repeating of a gun firing.

The descriptions of Beirut This book stated off strangely for me, but I gradually adjusted to the writing style and the story flowed rather well. The descriptions of Beirut and the cultural references were fascinating, and had me stopping to look up words and such quite often.

Always a good thing. I though the juxtaposition of Bassam's and George's chosen paths for survival to be well done. Plenty of brutality here, which fit the setting, but it was never gratuitous or overdone. The plot twists and turns, albeit naturally, considering the place and the stakes involved. I though the book got a bit repetitive, though that may have been urposeful on the part of the author. I just didn't feel the pacing always worked effectively. Overall, a well done and realistic story of the choices we make, and the ones that make us.

May 10, Myriam rated it liked it. I expected a lot from this book, but frankly I couldn't wait for it to end. It is well written, no doubt about that, and Hage has a unique way of conveying the voices of characters and the sequence of events which I found to be intriguing and compelling.

However the story as a whole was somewhat lacking. There is an emptiness at times between the pages where I felt there should have been maybe a deeper rendition of the main character's thoughts. The story didn't fulfill my expectations and that I expected a lot from this book, but frankly I couldn't wait for it to end. The story didn't fulfill my expectations and that was disappointing, but one thing I loved about it is the way West Side Beirut is portrayed.

Although the main character is from the East Side, the Christian side, Muslims do not appear like the enemy to the reader but just another group of Lebanese people stuck in a world of militiamen who seek to increase their own fortunes and to lodge bullets in innocent men's heads. Jun 24, William rated it really liked it. Set in Beirut during the Isreali invasion and cleansing of the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebannon, the book presents the events through the eyes of minor Christian thug.

War time treachery, petty criminality, and middle east politics all come together in a convincing portrait of a man and country on the brink. Here I think the book falters when it abandons the edginess for the romance of the city of lights. Still a dangerous romance but it pales in comparison to the pace previously established. His sentimental narrative style with a pinch of existential philosophy, like Camus, he puts you in a front row of the scene of the real life. Also, like Remarque, he tries to mock the war mongers, by depicting that every single one is a loser during the war times, and the fate will always knock on the door sooner rather than later, so it's better to enjoy life now, than to try to postpone the inevitable.

I gave this book 4 stars although I admit it deserves a half of one more. Jun 10, Ziad rated it really liked it. The Lebanon-related parts were great. An apt description which makes you boil.

However, towards the end, the level of mastery is gone; the connection you felt with the Beirut Narrative is gone and the Third part Paris feels as if it's being loaded more than it can handle. Nevertheless, it's a jolting injection of the complexity of the Lebanese Civil War, even amongst friends and allies. A good and quick read without a doubt, perfect for being a travel book.

Nov 19, H rated it liked it Shelves: own. Startlingly beautiful, gripping pose. Carries you along at break neck speed from the first word to the last. Didn't enjoy it as much as I would have in another setting I brought it along as a 'holiday' read and it was a bit too heavy for that.

This is a difficult novel to rate accurately since different aspects of struck or repelled me for entirely different reasons. He is never trite or sentimental about war. It is always straightforward and brutal, in the way a person who fully witnessed it can communicate. There is death and torture and gore and ten thousand bombs falling all the time, and the writing certainly evokes the banality of it all.

Another bomb, another death, another loss. This book has a strange kind of tragedy to it. So many fates are out of the control of the characters, and yet, nobody is fully innocent either. Bassam could surely be seen as a villain whose only language is violence and intimidation. His attitude towards women is repulsive, which in turn repelled me from him as a character.

Everyone does things to protect others and themselves, and there are many costs. This book is not an easy read, and not one suited to every kind of reader, but I can certainly see why it received such universal acclaim, both in Canada and internationally. Jun 12, Girish rated it really liked it Shelves: dublin-award.

Maybe it's got to do with how the author's name rhymes with Rage, my brain prepared me for a violent book. True enough, the book starts and often starts a chapter with "Ten thousand bombs had fallen and.. The city of Beirut is ravaged by bombs and safety bunkers are the norm.

Two childhood friends George and Bassam have grown up in this town and now have to decide their course of action. Narrated by Bassam - he is seen as the Maybe it's got to do with how the author's name rhymes with Rage, my brain prepared me for a violent book. Narrated by Bassam - he is seen as the tempermental troubled soul who wishes to get out of this war torn city. George on the other hands grows comfortable in gathering power through crime and rising the ranks in the Lebonon militia.

Their conflicting personalities amidst the personal losses and violence determines their action. Cheeky connect: De Niro is George while Bassam explains he himself was supposed to be Al Pacino There are long angry passages of venting out frustration, angry monologues and a chilling calmness about violence.

In a chapter George describes how they killed kids and innocents in Syria to prove a point of the power of Militia. It's scenes like this that tells you how good a book this is - because it is contrasted with a silence.

The parts in France were a bit of a drag, but overall the book is paced well. Amidst Kashalnikovs and grenades and crime overlords, the book is a meditiation on the impact of circumstances on one's choices. Sep 14, Amy Wong rated it liked it. The first thing that struck me is how casual war is in this story. And it's not just a backdrop either the characters are all immersed in war yet there's a clear striking numbness to it.

Bombs are dropping left and right and nobody blinks an eye cause it's just another day. It's uncomfortable yet beautiful. Bassam and George are two sides of the same coin. They're both capable of the same things but how they feel about it is completely different.

George plans to survive by climbing as high as he The first thing that struck me is how casual war is in this story. George plans to survive by climbing as high as he can in Beirut. Bassam was just going along, assimilating until a loss that pushes through his numbness and he does a and works to leave asap.

I don't see much I dislike about this book but my feelings are that, just like the characters, I'm also finding myself numb to it. Very in the middle book for me. Dec 16, Sima Bu Jawdeh rated it really liked it. A tail of two young boys set up in the brutal backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War. Colored with absurdity, melancholy and violence, Hage manages to capture the deterioration of a soul in war-torn Beirut.

While at times captivating, and relevant as it is one of the few stories from the civil war, there still needs to be greater literature on the time to encapsulate the abundant perspectives, journeys and even goriness faced in fifteen years and its repercussions years to come.

A good read, altoget A tail of two young boys set up in the brutal backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War. A good read, altogether. Set in early 's Beirut, this novel tracks the destinies of two Christian childhood friends caught up in the Lebanese civil war. Bassam harbors dreams of escaping to Europe, while George embraces the war and joins a local militia. The novel - while dark - is incredibly well crafted and subtle in its depiction of life during this war, and of the struggles of two characters attempting to define their future amidst the bombings.

Jan 26, Hannah added it Shelves: globalread. Global Read Challenge Lebanon This book is hard to rate. It was extremely intense. Some parts grab me more than others. The last third was extremely gripping. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs.

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