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A review by litprof
Koolaids by Rabih Alameddine
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Poignant, ingeniously interwoven narrative about the Lebanese Civil War and AIDS epidemic, full of wonderful lines like:
“Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboo, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, masks, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, which is the only fact we have” (125).
“I still have no feeling in my fingers. I can't touch home” (167).
“The guns have not been silenced. They have simply begun using silencers when killing” (218).
“Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboo, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, masks, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, which is the only fact we have” (125).
“I still have no feeling in my fingers. I can't touch home” (167).
“The guns have not been silenced. They have simply begun using silencers when killing” (218).