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The Strings of the Lute

The Strings of the Lute 176 Reviews / Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication 2 (2009) 171–178 Th e Strings of the Lute . Eileen Colucci. Xlibris, ISBN 978-1-4257-7308-3, 2007. 392 pages. Th e Strings of the Lute, a novel adorned with beautiful observations and media- tions, looks at the dynamics of cultural encounters between people who are perceived as essentially diff erent and irreconcilable. Th e author Eileen Colucci provides a lively testament to a long-held thesis, marshalled by Ibn Khaldun, Giambattista Vico, and Edward Said, that identity is a continuously recon- structed, nuanced matter. Th e novel opens with the main protagonist, Lorraine, a Catholic girl from New York, mourning her father’s death. As part of her university education, Lorraine travels to France to learn French. Initially, her life in France is intoler- able, given that her host is an obsessive and racist French woman, who disap- proves of and makes jibes about Lorraine’s new-found Arab boyfriend, Larbi, a Moroccan architecture student, also studying abroad in France. Lorraine and Larbi fall in love, and despite protests from their respective families, get married – with ceremonies in both the USA and Morocco. Th eir religious and cultural diff erences are presented http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication Brill

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Brill
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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1873-9857
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176 Reviews / Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication 2 (2009) 171–178 Th e Strings of the Lute . Eileen Colucci. Xlibris, ISBN 978-1-4257-7308-3, 2007. 392 pages. Th e Strings of the Lute, a novel adorned with beautiful observations and media- tions, looks at the dynamics of cultural encounters between people who are perceived as essentially diff erent and irreconcilable. Th e author Eileen Colucci provides a lively testament to a long-held thesis, marshalled by Ibn Khaldun, Giambattista Vico, and Edward Said, that identity is a continuously recon- structed, nuanced matter. Th e novel opens with the main protagonist, Lorraine, a Catholic girl from New York, mourning her father’s death. As part of her university education, Lorraine travels to France to learn French. Initially, her life in France is intoler- able, given that her host is an obsessive and racist French woman, who disap- proves of and makes jibes about Lorraine’s new-found Arab boyfriend, Larbi, a Moroccan architecture student, also studying abroad in France. Lorraine and Larbi fall in love, and despite protests from their respective families, get married – with ceremonies in both the USA and Morocco. Th eir religious and cultural diff erences are presented

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Published: Jan 1, 2009

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