![]() Kingsley, carrying his body like armor, sculpting each line into a bitter dart of pride, plays fierceness with a powerful tug of sorrow. He’s a fallen Middle Eastern warrior who transforms himself into a scrappy American capitalist. House of Sand and Fog Paperback Maby Andre Dubus III (Author) 1,385 ratings 3.9 on Goodreads 130,523 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 10.07 9 Used from 10.02 2 New from 34.95 Paperback 8.20 47 Used from 1.59 3 New from 19. Behrani has no sympathy for Kathy, yet in trying to better the lives of his wife (Shohreh Aghdashloo) and son (Jonathan Ahdout), he is hardly a villain. ![]() She is ultimately to blame for her predicament (she didn’t bother to open her mail, hence the missed eviction warnings), though it’s easy to see why she takes up with a dogged cop (Ron Eldard) who’s willing to smash the rules to get the house back. Behrani plans to sell it as quickly as he bought it (at four times the price), and for Kathy it’s less a nest than a base of survival. ![]() The contested ownership of the house on Bisgrove Street is the fulcrum of the novel. Neither party, ironically, has much love for the house. Do you sympathize more with Kathy Nicolo or with Colonel Behrani in part one of the novel How does Dubus's use of alternating first-person narratives affect your response to, and involvement with, the characters 2. ![]() ![]() It would be easy to imagine a version of this movie played for xenophobic revenge, with, say, Michael Douglas growling out the line ”Start packing - ’cause this is my house!” The fascination of ”House of Sand and Fog” is the way that it twists and tangles our allegiances. ![]()
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