Title: National and Family Repression Through the Eyes of a Child
Product review: An interesting look at a Libyan family in 1979 through the eyes of the nine year old narrator, Suleiman. The novel shows what it was like to live in a completely male dominated society during the first decade of Khadafy's reign. Suleiman lives with his business-traveling father and a mother with some serious emotional issues. As his neighbor and possibly his father get caught up in the revolution movement, Suleiman learns what it is like to live in a repressive society.I enjoyed this novel, and how the author explored the family dynamics of a Muslim family in Libya at this moment in time. There is a lot packed into this thin novel, including the struggles of Suleiman to reconcile his parent's shortcomings with his view of how adults, specifically fathers and mothers, should behave. It doesn't always have an even flow, but still a very strong effort.
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