Gold Dust

I enjoyed Gold Dust for its content and story line, though I was a little confused at some parts because of the pacing of the story and the way it moved around. Though I must say I completely understand Ukhayyad’s devotion to his piebald Mahri. He was a young man when he got the camel as a present and he knew it was a good animal and wanted everyone else to know about it too, what person would not do that? Granted he was foolish when he went out at night to spend time with girls and allowed his piebald to graze near the other camels and for his foolishness in the end his piebald was infected with mange. Ukhayyad’s response to this also showed great devotion, he would rather have his camel be driven mad than die from a horrible disease. Through the course of event that followed the two became closer than ever before and their bond that much more unbreakable. More trials and tribulations came at them and time and again Ukhayyad showed his devotion and undying love for his camel and the piebald returned the love he had for his master. Every time he was sent away he would come back quicker than before, this eventually led to his undoing, but still he was devoted to Ukhayyad until the very end of it all.

The confusing parts came to me when timelines would switch and there would be no real sign of a switch, this always makes it harder for me to really fall into a story and truly enjoy the mastery of the literature. Gold Dust did this a few times, and I had to readjust myself and my though process to really understand what was going on but it was a rather enjoyable story.