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Title: The Collision of Two Opposing Forces
Review: Andre Dubus III has created an intense and gripping novel that is impossible to put down with the hope of never reaching the end. Daring to risk a departure from the conventional use of a single protagonist, Dubus develops two main characters who polarize our emotions and intellect. Between themselves, Massoud Behrani and Kathy Nicolo are the antagonists to each other; however, for us the reader, it becomes a vacillating experience that makes us feel for the both of them while at the same time has us pass critical judgment on their flawed natures. Hoping for some compromise to resolve the struggle to possess the treasured house, Dubus instead allows the plot to form its own direction, like a raging river overflowing its banks and forging its own course.
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