Review: A very nice read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2012
"A Deconstructed Heart" tells a tale about a man named Mirza. He's an older college professor whose wife has just left him. Mirza moves out, oddly so, into a tent in the garden where he starts an outdoor classroom. Mirza's niece Amal moves into Mirza's house, and they bond over their common lonely feelings. Amal then meets Rehan, one of Mirza's students. She is taken with him, and vice versa.Rehan goes missing, and Amal's sadness makes Mirza get up off his behind to do something. Mirza and Amal embark on a path together towards the realization of the need for newness and bravery. Overall, this book explores the lows of loneliness and recovering highs of hard times as an immigrant family. It's a little slow at times, but don't think that's a bad thing. There are great bits of wisdom in the dialogue and the prose itself. Be patience, and enjoy.