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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hoshruba is fascinating but two-dimensional,
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This review is from: Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism (Paperback)
Hoshruba is a very good example of the kind of stories we grew up hearing. The good hero always wins and the evil sorcerers who imprison fair damsels get killed. The characters in Hoshruba do not rise above these stereotypes. Farooqui does a good job of translating the magical and mythical nature of Hoshruba. But I wish that instead of being a faithful translator, he would cut to the chase and add some modern dimensions to the story.
After a while, it gets tedious reading about how the tricksters get trapped by sorcerers and then kill them using their cunning. There is no middle ground in Hoshruba: the tricksters are the pinnacle of cunning, the fair damsels are all beautiful beyond imagination, the sorcerers are vile and powerful and the lovers are the epitome of fidelity. Its black or white with no shades of gray. The characters are well-described - but not well developed. Familiarity with the characters, their motives and thoughts is assumed. |
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Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism by Musharraf Ali Farooqi (Paperback - May 2, 2009)
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