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S'està carregant… Fireproof (edició 2007)de Raj Kamal Jha
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A searing testimony to the ordinary nature of collective evil and the extraordinary power of individual conscience.Fireproof ventures where reportage cannot go, granting even those who have perished a voice' Observer February 2002. A helpless nation watches as the city of Ahmedabad in India is rocked by religious violence. Before sunrise the next day, more than a hundred Muslim men, women and children will be killed, most of them burnt alive. Above the smoke and flames, the dead get together and decide to intervene - in the life of a father whose wife has just given birth to their first child. 'The newborn at the centre of the novel, named Ithim by his father, is so helpless, so defenceless, that his presence is commanding, and the sense of foreboding surrounding him is fully realised and sustained throughout . . . Fireproof is a novel about the limits of representation, and the figure of the baby, and all he has endured, is emotionally resonant in the extreme' Irish Times 'The novel focuses on conveying the voices of the dead, while exploring a more universal culpability and the workings of conscience and redemption' Guardian No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Fireproof is a fictional, phantasmagorical account of this horrific episode. The protagonist and first-person narrator, Mr. Jay, has other things on his mind beside the fact that "the city is on fire" (an oft-repeated mantra throughout the novel). His wife has just given birth, prematurely and with great difficulty. The doctors have her sedated into unconsciousness, where she is scheduled to remain for two or three days. His son has been born deformed, with no arms, legs or ears and just a slit for a mouth, but improbably, with perfectly formed eyes. Even more improbably, because of the burn victims streaming into the hospital, Jay is given this newborn to take home with him for the night.
And while in the hospital, Jay looks up at a high window to see a face and the words, "Help me" written on the window pane. Jay's attempt to respond to this plea sets him upon a journey, ever more confusing, unreal and otherworldly.
The violence going on around Jay is brought to the forefront frequently, as individual acts of terrifying violence and cruelty are portrayed in detail, but always through a mist of unreality and confusion.
This is a strong but flawed book. There is much power in it, and much to like about its take on the darker side of human nature and the consequences of mindless hate, but the magical realism aspects at its core fray out of control, especially later in the narrative. Many people would like and admire Fireproof. I guess I would say that I do, too. So I'm at an odd place. I want other people to read it, but I don't feel comfortable recommending it to them. ( )