Listen to this, folks. We've got a new audiobook on our hands, written by the talented Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi and narrated by the one and only Samara Naeymi. Now, I gotta be honest with you, this one's got a rating of 2.5 out of 5. But hey, don't let that discourage you just yet. Give it a chance, will ya?
So, here's the lowdown. We've got a young lady named Arezu, an Iranian American teenager, heading off to Spain to meet her dad after a long estrangement. But guess what? Daddy dearest doesn't bother to show up. Instead, he sends his stepnephew, Omar, a Lebanese fella twice her age, to hand her a weekly allowance. Talk about a letdown.
Now, as time goes by, Arezu finds herself tangled up in a wild and intense affair with this Omar character. It's the kind of relationship that messes with your head, the kind that can leave you shattered at the doorstep of adulthood. Fast forward twenty years, and Arezu inherits that very same apartment where it all went down.
She decides to return to Spain with her bestie, Ellie, an Israeli American scholar who's all about the Palestinian cause. Together, they dig deep into the apartment, uncovering memories that Arezu has kept locked away for far too long. As they sift through the debris, they stumble upon questions about power, identity, and the erasure of one's past. It's a journey that spans not only continents but also centuries, folks.
Now, get this. Savage Tongues ain't your typical audiobook. It's a glorious concoction of Marguerite Duras' raw emotion, Shirley Jackson's chilling atmosphere, and the thought-provoking prose of Rachel Cusk and Samanta Schweblin. It's a deliciously unsettling exploration of violence and eroticism, of the haunting and the healing. Brace yourself for an intimate, deeply powerful experience that arises from the depths of pain.
So there you have it, my friends. If you're up for a gripping tale that'll keep you on the edge of your seat, give Savage Tongues a whirl. It may not have the highest rating, but sometimes those hidden gems surprise you. Trust me, this one's worth a listen.
