Trespass
A Book Club, Novels, War book. This was an intriguing and infuriating novel of complex ideas about property, foreignness and war. I enjoyed the way...
Two women, Chloe Dale, an artist comfortably ensconced in bucolic suburbia, and Salome Drago, a wily, seductive refugee from a country that no longer exists, confront each other in a Manhattan restaurant, and the battle lines are drawn. Toby Dale, son of the artist and ardent suitor of the refugee, is in no position to choose sides. Outside, the drumbeats for the impending invasion of Iraq drown out all argument, and those who object will soon be reduced to standing in the street. The story of two families—suspicious, territorial, naïve in their confidence that they are free of the past—Trespass unfolds...
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- Pages: 304 pages
- ISBN: 9780385515450 / 385515456
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This was an intriguing and infuriating novel of complex ideas about property, foreignness and war. I enjoyed the way my sympathies were played with, as we initially identify with Chloe, a middle-aged wealthy artist, mother to beloved son Toby, who horrifies his mother by marrying exotic but acquisitive Croatian refugee, Salome. Chloe... Written beautifully, with descriptions that come alive, this novel has nearly no redeeming characters. Each person is either irritating or dumb, and it's difficult to build a relationship with them until the last page (literally) of the book. I very much felt removed from feeling anything from the characters, even those whose journeys... Chloes son Toby is a junior at New York University. He seems to have met the love of his life in Salome Drago, a Croatian classmate. Eager to have his girlfriend and mother meet, they arrange for lunch and immediately Chloe can't stand Salome. She thinks Salome's peculiar and hostile. And despite Tobys best efforts at refereeing the...
