The Bamboo Stalk, by Saud Alsanousi
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Josephine Mendoza escapes poverty by coming to Kuwait from the Philippines to work as a maid, where she meets Rashid, an idealistic only son with literary aspirations. Josephine, with all the wide-eyed naivety of youth, believes she has found true love. But when she becomes pregnant, and with the rumble of war growing ever louder, Rashid bows to family and social pressure, and sends her back home with her baby son, José.
Brought up struggling with his dual identity, José clings to the hope of returning to his father's country when he is eighteen. He is ill-prepared to plunge headfirst into a world where the fear of tyrants and dictators is nothing compared to the fear of 'what will people say.' And with a Filipino face, a Kuwaiti passport, an Arab surname and a Christian first name, will his father’s country welcome him?
The Bamboo Stalk takes an unflinching look at the lives of foreign workers in Arab countries and confronts the universal problems of identity, race and religion.
The Bamboo Stalk, by Saud Alsanousi- Amazon Sales Rank: #394978 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-22
- Original language: Arabic
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.43" h x 1.33" w x 6.30" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 384 pages
Review
"Absorbing." ―The New Yorker
"I was captivated from the first chapter. We need such literature. Alsanousi is an important emerging literary voice." ―Susan Abulhawa, author of MORNINGS IN JENIN
“Alsanousi is a voice of conscience.” ―The Independent
“A force to be reckoned with.” ―The Arab Times
“Ambitious, cultivated and brave.” ―Financial Times
About the Author
Saud Alsanousi is a Kuwaiti novelist and journalist, whose work has appeared in Al-Watan newspaper and Al-Arabi. He writes for Al-Qabas newspaper and lives in Kuwait City.Jonathan Wright has translated several novels, two of which won the 2013 Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation and the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Novel set in Kuwait and The Philippines (“..epic in its breadth and story..”) By TripFiction This is an incredible story of migration and rootlessness and what it means “to belong”. It is epic in its breadth and story, and explores how two unequal cultures are inextricably linked through economic need. And still, it is so much more.Josephine, originally from the Philippines, is working in Kuwait for the al-Tarouf family. The father is long dead, the matriarch, stuck in traditional values, lives with her four children, son Rashid and 3 daughters. Rashid is clearly struggling with the rigid strictures of home and culture and takes the Filipana maid as his wife, unacceptable to family and society. When they go on to have a child, José (Isa), whose story this is, the pressure becomes too much and mother and child are summarily despatched back to The Philippines.José spends what seems to be his entire childhood just waiting for his Father to summon him back to Kuwait. He has a limbo existence, uprooted and deposited, trying to straddle the duality of culture. Every time he has the merest chance of an encounter with Kuwaitis, he takes it. On Boracay – an island I visited 30 years ago, when the landing strip at Caticlan had to be cleared of chickens – he takes a menial job, and spends a pivotal evening with a group of young men from Kuwait. But time and again, those around him struggle to accept him as a member of either nationality, his looks, learning and life experience are all inhibitors to integration and acceptance.Alsanousi has a real ability to get into thinking of his chosen countries, the Philippines just comes alive, the almost insignificant interactions between José’s family members, their squabbles and traumas express more than the sum of the words. In Kuwait he captures the oppressive nature of society, the small country reflected in mores and manners, and how prejudice threads its way right through the layers of class, but how fragile it can all feel.Much credit goes to the translator Jonathan WrightOne of the best books I have read in recent time, I can only say go out and buy it!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. One of the best books I have ever read By Ali Abdullah One of the best books I have ever read. I found it hard to put down and read it in two days. The Bamboo Stalk is a much needed critique of religious, social, and national identity in the modern Gulf States. The argument that Gulf labor is unfair in not a new but this novel offers a look into why migrant workers continue to flood to the Gulf regardless of the treatment that awaits them. This is a must read for any student who studies the modern Arab Gulf.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. For a better life.... By Book lvr The main character's mom leaves her homeland to work as a maid in a country with a different culture, different language. It's an act that many foreign workers do today.This was a compelling story of the son who grapples with having a Muslim name with a Filipino face. He often finds that he is accepted in neither his father's or mother's homeland as he grows from child to young adult.
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