Human Love: A Novel - Hardcover

Makine, Andre�

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364 ratings by Goodreads

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ISBN 10: 1559708573 ISBN 13: 9781559708579

Publisher: Arcade Publishing, 2008

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Rescued from certain death by a Catholic priest, African youth Elias Almedia becomes a brilliant pupil before memories about his heroic parents prompt his support of a worldwide revolutionary movement, for which he trains in the arts of espionage and sabotage before falling in love with a white woman and realizing he wants a simpler life.

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About the Author:

Andre* Makine is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels, all published by Arcade. He divides his time between Paris and a village in southwestern France.

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A powerful meditation on the price of ideology and the nature of love ... The novel, remorseless in its depiction of man's inhumanity, is poetically alive to the redeeming power of love. Eithne Farry, Daily Mail A beautiful, haunting fugue that carries the weight of decades of suffering on a continent that the West prefers to romanticise or ignore ... [Makine's] reputation as one of the significant novelists of our age is only strengthened by this book. Stephanie Merritt, Observer Andrei Makine has exceptional gifts for getting to the heart of true feeling ... HUMAN LOVE is a haunting, often very tender story written in a kind of meditative fury ... one of the best novels about Africa in a long time Christopher Hope, Guardian All his books are wonderful ... But HUMAN LOVE, full of feeling, wisdom and tenderness amidst horror, is one of his best. If you ever despair of modern literature, read Makine. Allan Massie, Scotsman Makine looks reality in the face and yet retains a belief in beauty and the transforming power of love Allan Massie chooses his book of 2008 for the Spectator Wonderful ... his work is exhilarating Alan Massie choses HUMAN LOVE for The Scotsman Christmas Books

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