Title: Such a disappointment
Product review: I had tremendous excitement when I purchased this book, as it seemed to hold the promise of many themes of importance to me: the craft of rug weaving, feminism, the desire of the artist to express his vision. However, after page 3 I knew that the promise would not be held.Meandering plot, uninspired prose, flat characters (that could have been very rich), inattentive writing ("she ate a Turkish apricot"...of course, she plucked it from a tree in Turkey, where else would it have been from?), confusion due to lack of dialog tags reinforced by lack of clarity of speakers, weak research, and the most aggravating of all, incorrect spelling and mangling of the Turkish language when used in dialog. That I could not forgive, as it cast doubt on the entire premise of authenticity. The ending is jarring, awful and absurd.This book does have some nice passages, it exudes a quietness, but it truly was one of the weakest stories I have ever read.
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