Fierce and brilliant! | The Road to Fez

A Beautiful Song! | The Road to Fez | Ruth Knafo Setton

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	• The Road to Fez Ruth Knafo Setton Counterpoint Press, 2001 - 208 pages average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Breathtaking!

What a beautiful, sensual, wise novel! It's very short but carries quite a punch. Ruth Setton came to my university to speak and she was simply mesmerizing. She talked about how long it took her to write this novel and for the first time I understood what life is like for a true artist, someone who won't let her vision go, no matter what. She is a true inspiration! Hey Ruth, I love your book and am waiting for your next one. Hope this one doesn't take so long!

Fierce and brilliant!

An amazing novel, breathtaking in scope and execution. I felt I was in Morocco as I read it, revisitng past haunts, yet I also felt I was in the universal country of the heart. I highly recommend THE ROAD TO FEZ.

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A Beautiful Song!

This novel is one of a kind, unforgettable. It's coming of age, love story, mystery, fantasy and suspense all rolled into one. I love it! I'm a musician and I can't describe this book in words. If it was a song it would be a melody you heard once a long time ago and never forgot, and all of a sudden you open this book and here it is again. The best advice I can give is to read it for yourself and you'll see what I mean.

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READ THIS BOOK!

I didn't know what to expect when a friend gave me this book but I was completely blown away by Ruth Knafo Setton's beautiful, pasionate writing. THE ROAD TO FEZ tells the story of a forbidden love affair between Gaby and Brit, two desperate, lost souls who need each other more than they realize. What the reader comes to understand, along with the lovers, is that love is a miracle that cannot be judged or limited. Gaby and Brit echo other lovers in the novel, all separated by society's rules. But these two take a chance and find a love they never dreamed of. I couldn't put this book down, and ever since I finished it, I've been dreaming of Gaby and Brit!
I was shocked to learn that this is Ruth Knafo Setton's first novel. She writes with so much power, confidence and urgency. I've never read a book like this one that is so erotic, tragic, funny and magical. I'll be on the lookout for her next book!
You've got a new fan, Ms. Setton!

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the best book I've ever read

This is the kind of book you read as if you're in a dream, and don't want to finish because you know it will be the end of the dream and you don't want to wake up. As soon as I put it down, I wanted to reread it! Then I wished I could enter the world Ruth Knafo Setton created. I felt as if I'd lived in the Morocco of myth and memory that she created, as if I'd taken a voyage through the landscape of the heart. It's the land of passion and desire and wonder, the land we all live in until we enter the grown-up world of walls and barriers and signs that say Keep Out. Every single word in this novel suggests images and themes that are infinite and profound, and yet it's a very short book. Just like a dream, every event leads to mystery and clarity. I wouldn't be surprised if I turn a corner one day and bump into the characters, Brit and Gaby and Suleika. They're definitely alive somewhere!

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A gorgeously written, erotically charged first novel of a young woman's spiritual journey in Morocco The Road to Fez tells the story of Brit Lek, a young American woman born to Sephardic-Jewish parents. Seeking solace and a sense of belonging after her mother's death, 18-year-old Brit returns to Morocco, her birthplace and home for the first six years of her life. Brit falls in love with her Uncle Gaby, her mother's much younger brother. Gaby and the rest of the family try to steer Brit's emotional energy away from him, and they urge her to fulfill her mother's wish that she make a pilgrimage to Fez to the grave of her namesake Suleika, a 19th century Moroccan martyr, who was executed because she would not renounce her faith. Gaby, who moves easily between the Jewish Mellah and the Arab Medina, offers a window for Brit to see beyond the confines of their family's life in Morocco. Together, Gaby and Brit take the road to Fez and along the way surrender to their forbidden love. The Road to Fez is a magical journey of self-discovery.

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