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Gods Without Men Hardcover – Deckle Edge, March 6, 2012

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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Knopf; 1 edition (March 6, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9780307957115
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307957115
  • ASIN: 030795711X
  • Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.3 x 9.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
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2.0 out of 5 starsToo Much and Not Enough
By A reader VINE VOICE on April 18, 2012
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What an annoying, unsatisfying book. Kunzru wastes our time setting up a premise, or several premises - and then lacks the courage or imagination to resolve any of the questions he raises. I might flatter the author by hypothesizing that the absence of an ending or an explanation is itself the point: that the human condition is to spend our lives wandering in the desert seeking in vain for answers to the big existential questions, as we soothe ourselves with religion in the meantime. If the book were simply about the myriad ways that we delude ourselves into thinking there's something bigger going on in the universe, if it were merely a commentary on our capacity to invent one god myth after another and then bow down to it as if it were real, I could live with that, although it wouldn't be news.

But I'm not feeling magnanimous, because Kunzru took me on a wild goose chase through that long, hot desert, all the while making tantalizing insinuations about that something bigger without ever taking a stand. Something does happen in this book: an autistic child is mysteriously kidnapped in the desert, mysteriously comes back months later, and mysteriously begins to become normal. And this event mirrors an earlier one in the book in which another child is mysteriously kidnapped in the desert and later returned. Kunzru invents a real mystery, and then surrounds the mystery with many variations on the theme of self-deluded religiosity. So, are we self-deluded, or not? Did something happen, or didn't it? Are our religious myths an attempt to rationalize or explain real paranormal phenomena or the existence of extraterrestrial life? Are all these things true at the same time? Kunzru doesn't say. GODS WITHOUT MEN is a giant cop-out.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsMulti-layered story that distracts from an excellent story at its heart
By Ripple on October 27, 2011
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Quite literally at the heart of Hari Kunzru's latest novel stands not a person, but strange geographical feature in the California desert - three large rocks known as "The Pinnacles". If you've ever looked at a feature of the landscape and wonder what it has meant to those who have gone before, then you will find a similar stance here. Kunzru's episodic narrative takes in various points in time from 1775 to 2009 all of which centre around this rock structure which has had different meanings for different generations. There are echoes of the past in each new version, but no more than that.

It's hugely ambitious, and much more so that the other Kunzru novels that I have read, although it shares with his other books the playful but insightful writing style. He's a writer that has a real feel for human nature. However, for me, it doesn't quite succeed in rising to its ambition. It leaps back and forward in time frame from chapter to chapter in a manner that is disorienting and I couldn't help wondering if it would have been more effective presented as discrete short stories that shared a similar stimulus - which is effectively what it is.

Where I was most frustrated though was in the imbalance of the weight and emotional connection to the different threads. By far the dominant thread surrounds the disappearance of an autistic son of a wealthy New York couple set in 2008. The story covers both the father and mother's side and the lead up to the disappearance and the subsequent media furore. It's frighteningly realistic and disturbing with real emotional heart. The problem as far at the book is concerned is that it is such a terrifically well told story that I started to yearn to return to these events when Kunzru wants to draw the reader back to another time.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA book to be savoured and enjoyed..
By FictionFan TOP 500 REVIEWER on September 2, 2011
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Beautifully written, this novel takes us on a journey through time, where we meet a diverse cast of characters all of whose lives are affected in some way by the location in which they find themselves, the empty and mysterious Californian desert.

Each of the various tales is lovingly told and our sympathy is demanded for, and easily given to, each of the characters: from the original Native American inhabitants, to the new-age followers of the UFO cult of the Ashtar Galactic Command, right up to the lost and lonely rock star of today. And our main sympathies lie with the young couple, Jaz and Lisa, whose autistic son, Raj, mysteriously disappears during a trip to the desert - a disappearance that echoes earlier incidents in the history of this strange place.

I think this is a book that may mean different things to different readers. For me, it was about the search for faith. The characters bring so many gods to the desert over the years, and it seems that the desert absorbs them and weaves them into its mystery. Each of the characters is fundamentally changed by their experiences in this place - their existing beliefs shaken by what happens to them there. But the book is not preaching a particular line - the overwhelming feeling left at the end is that, for the author as well as for some of the characters, the question of whether there is something beyond the rational remains unanswered, perhaps unanswerable.

This may make the book sound like a heavy read, but the wonderful prose, the fascinating tales, the occasional flashes of humour and, above all, the sympathetic characters all combine to make this a book to be both savoured and enjoyed.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGods Without Men or Men Without Gods?

Kunzru's novel Gods Without Men also explores men without gods. As a gift from a former student, this book proved to be a real treasure for me. Read more

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4.0 out of 5 starsBeautiful read prompts internal reflection

The book starts out kind of slow and disconnected, but with beautiful language that makes you want to keep going. Read more

Published 9 months ago by Ashley Joseph
2.0 out of 5 starsNot worth reading

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I think the author just run out of imagination at the end. I recommend this book to the spiritual types who do not need to understand stuff and happy with empty, but extremely... Read more

Published 15 months ago by Gabor Toth
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

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Published 15 months ago by Sherlock Morgan-Johnson
3.0 out of 5 starsSO????

A rather silly and pretentious novel, for sure!

Published 15 months ago by S. Margulies
2.0 out of 5 starsDeressing and dark, not worth your time

Meh. Didn't need the porno scenes. Seems to me like a pointless book. Don't waste your time reading it. Read more

Published 15 months ago by Morgan
1.0 out of 5 starsdo not recommend it.

this book is soso.....do not recommend it.

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