The National Book Award finalist, Oprah’s Book Club pick, #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Oscar-nominated motion picture
A recent immigrant from the Middle East—a former colonel in the Iranian Air Force—yearns to restore his family’s dignity in California. A recovering alcoholic and addict down on her luck struggles to hold onto the one thing she has left?her home. And her lover, … one thing she has left?her home. And her lover, a married cop, is driven to extremes to win her love.
Andre Dubus III’s unforgettable characters—people with ordinary flaws, looking for a small piece of ground to stand on—careen toward inevitable conflict. Their tragedy paints a shockingly true picture of the country we live in today.
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This is a great twist-and-turn book pitting two protagonist’s fight for a roof over their heads. Both are right and wrong. The issues of alcoholism and race enter into this frightening struggle, gone very wrong. I read this book several years ago and it made an indelible impression.
I read it years ago, and it still haunts me. The writing is brilliant, the characterizations and plot are deserving of every award this book received, and more. It helped me (in a new way) to understand that although cultures and circumstances can be very, very different-we share all of the fundamental longings for ourselves and our loved ones. …
I loved this book as I do all of this author’s works.
Excellent
Was just sitting with another book lover yesterday, discussing our favorites of all time. We were talking about The Kite Runner, and this booked came to mind. I read House of Sand and Fog years ago, but I want to read it again…it’s that good. It’s heartbreaking, the kind of story that doesn’t leave you for days, months or years afterward. And …
One of my all-time favorite books. Two people fighting over a house with action building and building. Begs you to ask what you would do in the same position. Likeable characters. Great ending. Highly recommend.
This book starts out with an implausible premise made acceptable by the writer’s verve and style. Unfortunately, not even those gifts are enough to conquer the inconceivable twists that flood the last quarter of the story. There is probably several morals hiding here, but they become hijacked by the morass of incredulity with which the story ends.
I love the style and multiple perspectives.
“House of Sand and Fog” a mesmerizing page-turner revolves around the purchase of a house by a former Iranian Air Force Colonel after the tenant’s unjustly evicted. A recovered addict making a modest income cleaning homes, Kathy (Lazaro) Nicolo estranged from her family and abandoned by her husband is shattered when she’s evicted from her home by …
One of my all time favorites.