Esta familia se quedará conmigo por un rato, la madre y sus secretos, el padre y su egoísmo, la hija mayor tipo A, la hija "rebelde", el hijo que no deja ir los rencores. Todo enmarcado por un background histórico muy complejo y fuerte que se intersecta entre Líbano, Siria y EUA. Me pareció un libro bellamente escrito, sumamente entretenido y lleno de humanidad.

Sé que hay partes que pueden ser un poco tediosas, sin duda de pronto sentí que al inicio me costó entender algunas partes donde los personas hablan sobre la especulación de mercados que llevó a la crisis de 1929 en EUA, pero la narración y sus personajes terminan atrapándote. Un rompecabezas que vale la pena resolver leyendo hasta el final. Gran novela multigénero sobre poder, capitalismo, instituciones y relaciones humanas que supera expectativas si le das la oportunidad.

This is my kind of book. I read many reviews about how convoluted and nonsensical the narration was. I was worried about it. However, even though I listened to it rather than read a physical copy, I only had to go through an hour of narration before I was completely engrossed in the story, and not at all confused by the many storylines set in different times. It was more than I expected or hoped for. It reminded me of the Never Ending Story by Michael Ende, even though it's not really the same, but it almost made me feel the way I did when I read that as a young adolescent or child. There is something hopeful in the story, and so many topics touched upon beautifully through the lives of the characters. It made it so much more special that it was a book about a book...and the fact that that book is inspired in a potentially real book, it's even more special to me. Ahhhh I loved it. If the sinopsis provided by others draws your attention, you should definitely give it a shot.