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Desta: Roots

by Getty Ambau (Goodreads Author)

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David said: " I'm on page 233 of 428 of the book. There are several strands in the story, and they're well integrated! Ambau's seductively poetic descriptions of place nicely set the tone for the introduction of characters at all stages of the narrative - from the I'm on page 233 of 428 of the book. There are several strands in the story, and they're well integrated! Ambau's seductively poetic descriptions of place nicely set the tone for the introduction of characters at all stages of the narrative - from the people in Desta's everyday life to the more fanciful personages that are introduced along the way. The shepherd-boy-turned-man-on-a mission's journey's suffering and enlightenment are, in the end, the universally recognizable struggles of a boy turning into a man. His character is refreshingly unpretentious, touching us deeply in a way that so many of today's fictional heroes - hipness and glibness and cynicism et al - do not . And then there is the mythological dimension, in which we are asked to suspend our narrow criteria for deciding what is real and what isn't as we follow the story line of Desta's search for a meaningful future as he travels back thousands of years into the past.

We live in a day and age in which imagination often takes second place to the everyday demands of adapting to a rational, digitally driven reality and awful disruptions to our habits and predilections that are forced on us by a world gone mad with material desires. We need to treat ourselves to the dreamy, the poetic, the fanciful and find, at the same time, a way of making all three pertinent to our everyday lives in a way that inspires us to believe that life is more than what our senses tell us.

This is where a book like Desta Roots - like the other three books in the Desta series - is a remedy for the above mentioned conditions.

Technically speaking, it is filed under the heading of young adult fiction, and it certainly is - for young adults of all ages. It's a good story and a good read - and tantalizingly magical!

Are you in need of some inspiration for this holiday season; some inspiration penned by a man who knows how to deftly takes us through time and the beautiful spaces of the fabled land of Ethiopia and its historical charms and treasures?

Then read this book.

I'm hooked on it and can't wait to finish it! ...more "

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I'm on page 233 of 428 of Desta: With Desta Roots we're introduced to several dimensions at the same time, and they're well integrated! Ambau's seductively poetic descriptions of place nicely set the tone for the introduction of characters at all stages of the narrative - from the people in Desta's everyday life to the more fanciful personages that are introduced along the way. This book is epic!" — Dec 04, 2018 11:15AM

Dec 04, 2018 11:41AM · see review