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Children Of Dust: A Memoir Of Pakistan (2009)

by Ali Eteraz(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0061567086 (ISBN13: 9780061567087)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

HarperOne

review 1: This was kind of a sleeper. I saw the author's name on Facebook, commenting on a friend's post, got his book and began reading it as a way of learning about Pakistan - in keeping with a thread in my reading life to do with learning about other places and times through fiction. I had it in mind I was reading a work of fiction and it took awhile for it to dawn on me that the subtitle - A Memoir of Pakistan - was meant to be taken literally. That's not just because I'm that obtuse, but because the book is so skillfully written in a directly presented way and the author's view of his younger self so refreshingly wry, his storytelling so deft - he had me fooled. In a good way. The focus of the story is the relationship of Ali (to use his most grown-up name - he has several in t... morehe book for stages of his life and development) to Islam, the evolution of his relationship to this defining context of his youth, upbringing and understanding of the world. If you have any cliches in mind of young Muslim immigrant in America at the turn of the 21st century, put them aside. You will not encounter them in this book. What's more, it's highly likely you'll enjoy the lively, funny companionship of Abir ul Islam/Amir/Abu Bakr Ramaq/Amir ul Islam/Ali Eteraz from Mecca to Monterey. A Good Read.
review 2: Great book. Loved every bit of it. The author has explained every phase of his life, his relation with Islam and its evolution, with intricate details. From growing up in Pakistan as young naive Abir ul Islam who was destined to be a great Muslim and face of Islam to becoming an Islamic reformist and postmodernist Ali Eteraz in the United States following the 9/11 attacks, the book has shown the transformation of a man of Islam with sheer brilliance. Definitely recommended for those who want to understand the postmodern Muslim. less

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