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The Consequences of Love (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

by Sulaiman Addonia (Author), Christopher Simpson (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 8 hours and 48 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Random House AudioBooks
  • Audible Release Date: 21 Feb 2011
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004OYEKW2
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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Under the hot sun, the Jeddah streets make a scene from an old black-and-white movie: the women dressed like long, dark shadows and the men in their light cotton tunics. Naser's friends have all left town for cooler climes but he can't get away: he's an outsider in Saudi and he needs to hold down his job at the local carwash. During his time off, he sits beneath his favourite palm tree, writing to the mother he has left behind in Africa and yearning for the glamorous Egyptian actress he hopes to meet one day. It's hard to adjust to a world that puts up so many barriers between men and women: walls in the mosque, divider panels in the buses and veils on the street.

Naser feels increasingly trapped, not least by the religious police who keep watch through the shaded windows of their government jeeps. A splash of colour arrives in Naser's world when, unexpectedly, a small piece of paper is dropped at his feet. It is a love note, from a woman whose face he has never seen and whose voice he has never heard. She tells him that she will wear a pair of pink shoes the next time she passes so that he can pick her out from the other women in their identical black abayas. Erotic tension runs high; Naser and his 'habibati' begin to exchange letters. But in moments of doubt the pink shoes seem to lead him into a cul-de-sac of thwarted desire, fraught with danger.

Relationships between unmarried men and women are illegal under the strict Wahhibism of Saudi state rule - and it's not long before their real, but illicit, love must face the hardest test of all...

©2008 Addonia Sulaiman; (P)2011 Random House Audio Go
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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Absolutely compelling until the very last page, an exceptionally unusual love story - at least for Western readers. The book starts as an almost sociological portrayal of the contemporary society in the Saudi-Arabian theocracy: you simply can't imagine how people live their everyday life in that society where a gender-apartheid rules. Not only live men and women completely in separated worlds, but the religious organization of life even kills nearly every aspect of lust for life. Hypocrisy and abuse of power are only two of the many characteristics Addonia writes of.
The author's language is wonderful and poetic - especially when the love story begins with the secret love letters.
An advice to unpatient readers: keep reading even if maybe the beginning sometimes is a bit too descriptive! You have to be patient until the first love letter is dropped on Al-Nuzla street!!
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
A superb novel 2 July 2009
By Bluebell TOP 50 REVIEWER
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I am left feeling greatly moved by this book. An amazing first novel brimming with heartfelt emotion interlaced with frighteningly authentic descriptions of how those who don't subscribe to extreme Muslim law are treated in Saudi Arabia. It is full of the most beautiful and lyrical writing about love set in a shockingly realistic back-drop of the harsh lives the non-elite, especially non-nationals, endure. I felt outrage at the way women are treated in that country. It's hard to believe that in this day and age such a harsh and unequal regime is tolerated. The writer not only writes superbly well, but also he keeps the reader hooked throughout the book wanting to know how the exciting story will unfold. Wonderful!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Insightful & Moving 6 April 2009
By Clifford Thurlow VINE™ VOICE
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This is a truly intelligent & humane story that takes us behind the veils and abayas of modern day Saudi Arabia, a land where, author Addonia tells us, even love is against the tenets of Sharia, where if a girl so much as touches the fingertips of a boy he may be imprisoned and she will be publicly caned until the flesh falls from her back. This is the most moving book on this subject I have read since Jacky Trevane's marvellous Fatwa: Living With A Death Threat.
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A lovely romantice and realistic story
The storyline was quite interesting. I wondered how the author would be able to pull it off, but he really done a fantastic piece! Read more
Published 1 month ago by amrita_kaur142
great!
Thoroughly enjoyed this inspiring journey of a quest for love.. This romantic tale had me gripped as soon as Nasers mother made the painful decision to send her son away for his... Read more
Published 6 months ago by RJoy
The next Khaleed Hosseini
Rare is the book that has me holding my breath as I turn the pages. The last time was Khaleed Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and this book was a very close second. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Gabriella Christina
Dissapointing 'love' story
Having read a number of love stories set in and around the middle east, I was looking forward to reading this novel. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Jala sufian
Good entertainment, but not a masterpiece;)
Great story but lacked a bit of depth like fuller descriptions of Jeddah, the people and the way of thinking. Read more
Published 19 months ago by U. Madsen
Masterly debut novel
Once i started this book, i couldn't put it down anymore. The central love story is gripping, sensual, dangerous and makes your heart beat. All what you need from a great novel! Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2009 by Amazonas
this is good
i enjoyed reading this book, from begining to end the author captures your imagination, with his description of sights and sounds. a very good story.
Published on 14 Jun 2009 by ouma
Excellent debut
This novel is a breath of fresh air in a market seemingly saturated with stuffy, scholarly titles.

I finally picked this up at my library after several looks, as I was... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2009 by A. Hasnath
Lovely
I loved this book, I thought it was a beautifully written love story that also served to illuminate the day-to-day reality of a society most of us know little about.
Published on 17 Aug 2008 by Sox
The Consequences of Love
This book is amazing! I didn't know what to expect when i received this as a gift from my partner, but i'm not sure i've read such an engrossing story in a long time. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2008 by Mr. P. E. Moon
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