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Abstract

Book Review

Stories told by the diaspora are said to reflect the real facet of truth as being lived and experienced by real individuals. Moreover, leaving one’s family shelter to realise their dreams elsewhere is not a fee free transaction. It is believed that human beings, without consideration of their nationalities, go through the same emotional suffering after abandoning their beloved ones, their cherished customs, and their adored habits. This analytical article has as an intention the discussion of the re-insertion process after having passed their life in a foreign land with all the challenges and novel forms of sufferings one has to endure again. Waid is the protagonist of the novel, an estranged character that seems to get lost between two cultural extremes, had left his village earlier to get installed in Canada. The latter is a symbol of dream land that most youngsters consider as dream land. After getting back to his village, waid finds it hard to get re-inserted in his community, though cheerful he seems joining again his beloved ones. The second part of the novel discusses the deteriorated status of what was once considered an ideal view of his country. Namely, the drift in which all aspects of life seem to sink is the main theme of the continuation of the second book. The paper discusses those issues with reference to the socio-cultural data of the protagonist’s native community.