Thursday, March 5, 2009
Blog #7???
I thought we were only up to 6 blogs but I guess I miscounted or something. Anyways, I will be starting "Bastard of Istanbul" tonight and reading it over break. I look forward to a better novel this time around but I am cautious because I seem to struggle with this historical fiction stuff. I liked hearing a little introduction about the novel in class and it has kind of engaged me a little bit more. I am a bit more excited to start reading the book as it might pertain to my Armenian heritage. My fathers family was part of the massacre as I have a small family on that side. Maybe I will learn some interesting things aout the Massacre.
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I didn't really mind Zayni Barakat, but I too am hoping that "Bastard of Istanbul" will be better than Barakat. I struggle with historical fiction as well. To me it is hard sometimes to differentiate between what is real and what is fiction. Hopefully this time will be a little easier.
ReplyDeleteIt is defenitely hard to be able to tell what is actually non-fiction but I think that it is always good to see both sides. It is interesting to see how down the line somewhere people tweak a fact into something completely different. Zanyi Barkat was a hard read but The Bastard of Istanbul has a deeper meaning I think.
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