Review by Iviss -- The Expelled by Mois Benarroch
The Expelled
"The Expelled" is a book written by Mois Benarroch, a prolific writer of Moroccan origin. It explores various themes, for instance, love and sexuality, gender issues, class inequality, adultery, the position of the artist an the role of art, including the historical background and the position of Moroccan Jews, which is based on the author's personal perspective, as he himself is of the same origin.
The book belongs to SCI-FI and fantasy genre, but it is at the same time a real-life story, showing us what happens when an ordinary man becomes "the expelled", estranged from his family, society and work and life in general. By using characters' string of consciousness, and the mixture of fantasy elements and real-life events, which are perfectly embedded in the story, the author contributed to producing a very strong effect on the reader.
Although the plot is difficult to retell, here is the brief summary . The main character is the narrator of the story, but we do not know his name. I suppose that he is "The Expelled". However, we are presented with some information from his life- he is a writer, trying to pursue a successful career, and he is married, although not happily. The key moment in the book is when he meets a young Gabrielle at the bus station, and immediately falls for her. After a series of events and adultery scenes, we realize that Gabrielle junior, as he calls her, and his wife are actually one and the same person. During his meetings with Gabrielle, he reads her the story he has written, called "The Bus". It is a story about discrimination and oppression, as there are two groups of people, the front and the back people. As opposed to the front people, who are considered as wise and noble, the back people are called "the bad people", so there is a sort of hierarchy involved.
What I liked the most about the book is that there are so many examples from literature and music. There are verses and quotes written by famous authors, such as Charles Bukowski and Baudelaire, as well as stanzas from Van Morison's or Lenard Cohen's songs. The language is simple and adapted to various age groups, so if you are a fan of plain, realistic and honest writing, than this is the right book for you. On the other hand, what I did not like about the book is its structure, which is extremely difficult to follow and memorize.
The plot of the novel is difficult to retell due to highly complicated structure- the story within a story within a story within a story, which means that there are three different stories in the same novel. It is almost impossible to memorize all the characters and events, and since this is one of the most complex novels I have ever read, [b]I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. Owing to its complexity and difficulty to follow the story, I cannot give this book all 4 stars.
To sum it all up, "The Expelled" is a kind of novel which leaves impression and make us ask ourselves important questions: Who am I? Where do I belong? What did I become? The book leads us on a mysterious journey, and just when you think that the story comes to an end, the author sur
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The book belongs to SCI-FI and fantasy genre, but it is at the same time a real-life story, showing us what happens when an ordinary man becomes "the expelled", estranged from his family, society and work and life in general. By using characters' string of consciousness, and the mixture of fantasy elements and real-life events, which are perfectly embedded in the story, the author contributed to producing a very strong effect on the reader.
Although the plot is difficult to retell, here is the brief summary . The main character is the narrator of the story, but we do not know his name. I suppose that he is "The Expelled". However, we are presented with some information from his life- he is a writer, trying to pursue a successful career, and he is married, although not happily. The key moment in the book is when he meets a young Gabrielle at the bus station, and immediately falls for her. After a series of events and adultery scenes, we realize that Gabrielle junior, as he calls her, and his wife are actually one and the same person. During his meetings with Gabrielle, he reads her the story he has written, called "The Bus". It is a story about discrimination and oppression, as there are two groups of people, the front and the back people. As opposed to the front people, who are considered as wise and noble, the back people are called "the bad people", so there is a sort of hierarchy involved.
What I liked the most about the book is that there are so many examples from literature and music. There are verses and quotes written by famous authors, such as Charles Bukowski and Baudelaire, as well as stanzas from Van Morison's or Lenard Cohen's songs. The language is simple and adapted to various age groups, so if you are a fan of plain, realistic and honest writing, than this is the right book for you. On the other hand, what I did not like about the book is its structure, which is extremely difficult to follow and memorize.
The plot of the novel is difficult to retell due to highly complicated structure- the story within a story within a story within a story, which means that there are three different stories in the same novel. It is almost impossible to memorize all the characters and events, and since this is one of the most complex novels I have ever read, [b]I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. Owing to its complexity and difficulty to follow the story, I cannot give this book all 4 stars.
To sum it all up, "The Expelled" is a kind of novel which leaves impression and make us ask ourselves important questions: Who am I? Where do I belong? What did I become? The book leads us on a mysterious journey, and just when you think that the story comes to an end, the author sur
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