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Inshallah

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I spent the first half of this book wishing Ms. Fallaci had had a more engaged editor and wondering if this book was a better read in Italian.

I spent the last half of the book thankful Ms. Fallaci hadn't let anyone edit away any part of her amazing book. I was mesmerized by her stunning description of Beirut and War. One can't help but read it and think of Baghdad, the American troops and the Iraqi insurgency. Read it.

It makes me thinking of women's future...in the other word humanity's future....like her other books....Specially in the middle-east.... I started to read her books very early, when i was 13 and now I'm 29...She always help me feel that I'm not lonely in this world. Ifeel a common sense.

Okay, it's really not fair to the great Oriana to diss a book I simply could not get into. Perhaps that was because the print in the long paperback was unusually small. Or perhaps it was just too much info. I made it through 25 pages and said, "Either I am not smart enough or this is just horrible." Still do not know which reason is true.

PS no, this is not a review of the hardcover, but the paperback!

The novel's inside cover claims this book is a masterpiece covering the civil war in Lebanon in the The style of Hemingway and Malroux. On the positive side Oriana Fallachi does describe in detail the devastation and destruction of what was once known as the Paris of the Middle East. But the focus of the novel should be on character development and plot. I found the novel totally missing these elements and I lost any interest in staying with it through 600 pages.

sorry that i cant be positive, despite the hopeful title which literally means: "god willing..."
But i couldnt go past the first 20 pages of this soup of pseudo-prosaic work...