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`Give us five words to describe The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages? Kurdish odyssey with Parisian denouement'
--The List 16/3
`[A] smart and gripping novel about identity, immigration, love and marriage' --Mirror
`A lucid debut by a talented writer. Her global sensibility and refreshing style give this novel ... an original flavour. The story ... is handled with real delight and authority' --Daily Mail
`Imaginative and compelling'
--Woman & Home
`This is an affecting portrayal of the troubles faced by the displaced and dispossessed seeking refuge in the West' --Mail on Sunday
'An affecting portrayal of the troubles faced by the displaced and dispossessed seeking refuge in the West' --Mail on Sunday
--The List 16/3
`[A] smart and gripping novel about identity, immigration, love and marriage' --Mirror
`A lucid debut by a talented writer. Her global sensibility and refreshing style give this novel ... an original flavour. The story ... is handled with real delight and authority' --Daily Mail
`Imaginative and compelling'
--Woman & Home
`This is an affecting portrayal of the troubles faced by the displaced and dispossessed seeking refuge in the West' --Mail on Sunday
'An affecting portrayal of the troubles faced by the displaced and dispossessed seeking refuge in the West' --Mail on Sunday
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
"Selim's first view of Europe was a vast, thick carpet of shit."
Some might call it literary suicide, but this is the devil-may-care opening line of a remarkable debut novel, The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages by Sophie Hardach.
The twin-stories are simple but very interestingly told with a steady pace. The narrator and our protagonist, an ex-anarchist from a small town in FRG escapes to cosmopolitan Paris. As she solves a real life wedding mystery as a town-hall official, she recounts the story of her progressive adolescence and her ever-deepening entanglement with a neighbouring Kurdish immigrant.
This book is written the first person and the third person, with frequent time travels, sprayed with much youthful angst and served with a generous portion of dry humour blended with with sharp opinions. Given the high quality of writing, it is perhaps made unnecessarily fool-proof, by a well-meaning editor I suspect, with a tad too many commas, and, chapter breaks.
The novel is above all about emotional growth and the coming of age. Given the story is set against the background of a reluctantly multicultural Europe, it is politically intriguing in many places. However the author is weary (for now!) about dealing with complex political currents more explicitly. Instead, we are shown a growth path from idealism to pragmatism and a generation with globalised lifestyle and yet not quite able to outrun our tribal past and that outmoded concept of "decency".
Some might call it literary suicide, but this is the devil-may-care opening line of a remarkable debut novel, The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages by Sophie Hardach.
The twin-stories are simple but very interestingly told with a steady pace. The narrator and our protagonist, an ex-anarchist from a small town in FRG escapes to cosmopolitan Paris. As she solves a real life wedding mystery as a town-hall official, she recounts the story of her progressive adolescence and her ever-deepening entanglement with a neighbouring Kurdish immigrant.
This book is written the first person and the third person, with frequent time travels, sprayed with much youthful angst and served with a generous portion of dry humour blended with with sharp opinions. Given the high quality of writing, it is perhaps made unnecessarily fool-proof, by a well-meaning editor I suspect, with a tad too many commas, and, chapter breaks.
The novel is above all about emotional growth and the coming of age. Given the story is set against the background of a reluctantly multicultural Europe, it is politically intriguing in many places. However the author is weary (for now!) about dealing with complex political currents more explicitly. Instead, we are shown a growth path from idealism to pragmatism and a generation with globalised lifestyle and yet not quite able to outrun our tribal past and that outmoded concept of "decency".
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I loved this book! It opened my eyes to the real plight of illegal immigrants in Europe, who flee oppression seeking a better life in freedom and yet find themselves trapped in a glass prison. Good intentions get snagged in unpredicted complications. The characters are deeply touching in their humanity. The story is told in a simple, straight-forward way, yet goes directly to your heart.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I closed this book and realized I had just read a masterpiece. One of those books that lingers in your thoughts after you have put it away. Sophie Hardach tells us a story about peoples and problems that modern-day Europe is forced to deal with... despite itself. A book of our times, reflecting the multicultural world we live in, written with objectivity, in a straight-forward, honest tone. She puts forth a story with a simple prose that carries the reader away without him realizing how carefully written and plotted the story is. But I think that what I loved the most about this book was that Hardach's presentation is acutely intelligent without being pretentious. Her story is written with warmth, yet no naļveté.
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