House of Sand and Fog
Book - 1999
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three fragile yet determined people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Colonel Behrani, once a wealthy man in Iran, is now a struggling immigrant willing to bet everything he has to resotre his family's dignity. Kathy Nicolo is a troubled young woman whose house is all she has left, and who refuses to let her hard-won stability slip away from her. Sheriff Lester Burdon, a married man who finds himself falling in love with Kathy, becomes obsessed with helping her fight for justice.
Drawn by their competing desires to the same small house in the California hills and doomed by their tragic inability to understand one another, the three converge in an explosive collision course. Combining unadorned realism with profound empathy, House of Sand and Fog marks the arrival of a major new voice in American fiction.
In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three fragile yet determined people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Colonel Behrani, once a wealthy man in Iran, is now a struggling immigrant willing to bet everything he has to resotre his family's dignity. Kathy Nicolo is a troubled young woman whose house is all she has left, and who refuses to let her hard-won stability slip away from her. Sheriff Lester Burdon, a married man who finds himself falling in love with Kathy, becomes obsessed with helping her fight for justice.
Drawn by their competing desires to the same small house in the California hills and doomed by their tragic inability to understand one another, the three converge in an explosive collision course. Combining unadorned realism with profound empathy, House of Sand and Fog marks the arrival of a major new voice in American fiction.
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c1999.
ISBN:
9780375727344
0375727345
9780393338119
0375727345
9780393338119
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FIC Dubus
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Add a CommentOne of my all time favorite books. I've read it cover to cover 3x. Great characters and what a unique and compelling story.
A serious work of literary fiction and a classic page-turner. No cheap thrills here; the suspense is generated by deeply rendered characters, beautiful writing and nail-biting pacing.
Shakespeare descibed it this way: "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing," Dubus describes it thusly: "all this rising and falling and nothing changing that feels like living," an existence that averages out to zero. If not a Great American Novel, House of Sand & Fog is at least a Great Californian Novel. His California coast is not made of beachbabes, but waves that serve as a reminder of this meaningless rising & falling. You know when he describes the protagonist as "heavy as sand" that this is not the airy sand that you let flow through your fingers on a beach; it is the sand of sandbags, of natural disasters and wars. ****************************************************** Both the book and the movie ooze Bay Area, and it's a testament to the writer that most of the lines in the movie are taken directly from the source. ********************** Ref: pg 180, 210
One of my favourite novels of all time, I had to read it in grade 11 for an assignment and it's one of the few times I've been grateful for assigned novels. Interesting themes and characters.
Great character development. Bravo!
Recommended by my girlfriend, this is and excellent story. A real page-turner with lots of twists and an unexpected ending.
A quintessential Shakespearean tragedy, agonizing yet exquisite
This is a great read. It draws you into the lives of the protagonists so well. Highly recommended.
One of the best books I've ever read..ok there are a lot of books that fit this category! Read it :)