Thank you for publishing this wonderful piece. It is a story with an amazingly sharp edge. "And Yet Beauty Lives" has a compelling plot and heartbreakingly luminous characters. I was immersed in the story and was living the dream of Harun's powerful fiction and then the story left off. I cannot wait to read the rest of the novel. I will look for the book everywhere and relentlessly pursue it until I have the copy in my hands.
Debra Earling replied on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 12:50pm
I can see from this short excerpt that we are in for quite a journey through the myriad twists and turns of the human character, both good and bad. The scene is set, and though some of the players already know their part, some are innocent in their vulnerability to the manipulations of others. Can we warn Celeste to be careful? Can we caution Gus about his friend? No, I guess not We'll just have to go along and see where the journey will lead us, along with all the players in this drama.
Thank you for publishing this wonderful piece. It is a story with an amazingly sharp edge. "And Yet Beauty Lives" has a compelling plot and heartbreakingly luminous characters. I was immersed in the story and was living the dream of Harun's powerful fiction and then the story left off. I cannot wait to read the rest of the novel. I will look for the book everywhere and relentlessly pursue it until I have the copy in my hands.
I can see from this short excerpt that we are in for quite a journey through the myriad twists and turns of the human character, both good and bad. The scene is set, and though some of the players already know their part, some are innocent in their vulnerability to the manipulations of others. Can we warn Celeste to be careful? Can we caution Gus about his friend? No, I guess not We'll just have to go along and see where the journey will lead us, along with all the players in this drama.