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The Forgiven

de Lawrence Osborne

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A couple in a deteriorating relationship are involved in a fatal car accident on their way to an annual wild party at a friend's house deep in the Moroccan desert and must deal with the repercussions.
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OMG-I loved this book. Reverberations of a random accident on the lives of Moroccan Muslims and western visitors who converge on a luxurious desert villa. This is a real page turner full of brilliantly detailed and beautifully written prose. ( )
  GordonPrescottWiener | Aug 24, 2023 |
Despite the rave reviews this book just didn't do it for me. One of the most unlikable and uninteresting cast of characters I've ever come across in a work of fiction. ( )
  kevinkevbo | Jul 14, 2023 |
forgive; transitive verb:

1
a :
to give up resentment of or claim to requital forforgive an insult>

b : to grant relief from payment of forgive a debt>

2
:to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) : pardonforgive one's enemies>
Would she beg to be forgiven? There was not a soul to beg... [a]nd she hadn't begged anything from anyone in her whole life. How did you do it?
What is forgiveness, and to whom do we apply for this act, an act that typically requires an obeisance on the part of the one seeking forgiveness? Are we certain to be absolved and requited from any wrongdoing solely because we have come penitent and with head hanging low to the one whom we have offended? Is forgiveness ever a larger act than one involving two grieved parties—an act that can cross cultural, linguistic, and other barriers, ultimately allowing a more personal scene of forgiveness to server as metaphor for cementing these more global and universal relations? Can we ever truly forgive ourselves?

With immense skill, Lawrence Osborne considers these questions, among others, in his second novel, The Forgiven. One would hardly know that Osborne is relatively new to the literary scene: his writing here moves deftly between Jamesian social satire to a more Forsterian attempt at connection and unity; in addition, Osborne's background as a travel journalist allows him to construct a very real Morocco that is both present and fantasmatic for its Western outsiders as it is for the reader. Passages like the following allow Osborne to describe the immense impact the exterior has on interior life, particularly as it relates to conflict:
The road was steep. It passed under ponderous, fractured cliffs, winding past plots of fig trees and then slopes of iron-red dirt dark as fresh liver where tiny black goats stood stock-still with quivering ears.
David and Jo Henniger are an unhappily married British couple who are adept at swallowing their sorrows and grievances with copious amounts of alcohol and a social life that privileges surface over depth. Invited to their acquaintances' new Moroccan home—itself a critique of imperial attitudes, with its reproductions of traditional architecture and design, a mansion where Richard and Dally, the hosts, parade their servants around in outlandish costumes that are more caricatures of "the orient" as viewed by "the occident."

On their way to the estate, David and Jo have an accident, one that will have repercussions for both them and all the guests assembled at Richard and Dally's posh retreat. A simple accident—and even the question of whether it was an accident or not—sets Osborne's questioning of Western morals into motion; not only is his juxtaposition of these hypocritical and self-righteous sensibilities with the Muslim locals surrounding their insular world very incisive in its ethical plumbing, but Osborne also points to the ways in which our cultural perspectives inform who we are, divide us from others even of the same background as ourselves, and can alienate us from truly connecting with other people on multiple registers, whether this be intimate, familial, social, or otherwise. While Osborne's query below relates to Richard and Dally's orientalized but highly occidental retreat, it is a question that reverberates in the psychic lives of the main characters throughout The Forgiven as well:
Was their beautiful way of life, their partial exile, so detailed and meticulously planned, now in danger of being destroyed?
As I stated above, Osborne's voice is highly unique but owes much to James and Forster, especially. While local Muslims begin to surround the estate demanding answers, the Westerners enjoy their drinks, desserts, and social banter, insulating themselves against both the outside and against each other ("Would they be expected to be themselves or to impersonate people they were not?"). In these scenes, Osborne's debt to James is obvious, but the ways in which he deploys his unique vision of post-9/11 culture is obviously entirely his own, with some evocations, perhaps, of Hollinghurst, particularly The Line of Beauty. Later, as Osborne shifts geographic (and also temporal) terrain to encompass the more isolated Issomour, renowned for its trilobites, not only is Forster's famous dictum from Howards End ("only connect") resonant, but so, too, are the cultural divides he examines and crosses with such finesse in A Passage to India.

There have been many novels of the so-called post-9/11 genre in recent years, and I can honestly say that Osborne's brilliant The Forgiven is the most quiet and yet the most searing examination of the human psyche today when it comes to questions of race relations, class and socioeconomic structures, and the politics, creeds, and socially ingrained prejudices that prevent us from bridging gaps and creating bonds with others whom we encounter. This is a truly remarkable meditation on cultural identity in a fractured world, a lamentation that if we could "only connect," perhaps we might obtain the forgiveness (both personal and even beyond that) for which we so hungrily crave.

A must-read. ( )
  proustitute | Apr 2, 2023 |
A Western couple drives through the Moroccan desert on their way to a lavish party filled with foreigners at a friend’s home. A young boy on the side of the road ends up dead. The Moroccan staff at the party learn what has happened and the father of the boy shows up. Then things get out of control.

THE FORGIVEN is a slow burn novel, heavily character driven. The premise is dark and explores the implications of secrets and the contrast between East and West. I had a hard time getting into it and staying engaged throughout. It’s not that there was a problem with the writing, but more of an issue with really loving the story overall.

I’d recommend THE FORGIVEN to those who find the synopsis interesting. It wasn’t perfect for me, but this may have been a case of wrong book/wrong time and I wouldn’t rule out re-visiting the book at a later date.

Thank you to Hogarth for the giveaway copy. ( )
  bostieslovebooks | Feb 25, 2023 |
David y Jo Henniger, una pareja de británicos sumidos en una crisis matrimonial, aceptan la invitación de un viejo amigo para asistir a una fastuosa bacanal en una villa situada en medio del desierto de Marruecos. ¿Qué mejor que unos días de desenfreno en una tierra exótica y sensual para avivar una relación del todo estancada?

Sin embargo, lo que estaba llamado a ser un fin de semana idílico se tuerce irremisiblemente de camino a la fiesta: David, que conduce ebrio en la oscuridad del desierto, atropella a un joven marroquí que se cruza súbitamente en su camino. A partir de este incidente, los destinos de los personajes cambiarán de forma radical. Bajo la atenta mirada del servicio doméstico marroquí, que satisface a regañadientes las extravagancias y los excesos de los invitados a la fiesta, David y Jo deberán enfrentarse a las terribles consecuencias de sus actos en un clima de tensiones crecientes.

Como en El turista desnudo, Osborne despliega en esta novela su excepcional talento para captar los dilemas morales que afloran cuando los occidentales viajan al extranjero, ingenuamente confiados en el poder balsámico del viaje, tan solo para verse obligados a lidiar, donde menos se lo esperan, con las mentiras, las contradicciones y los prejuicios que rigen su propia vida, así como sus relaciones con los demás.
  bibliotecayamaguchi | Oct 19, 2020 |
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