Genre
Thriller
Setting and Context
Cannes, Present Day
Narrator and Point of View
Omnipresent Narrator with POV that shifts to different characters
Tone and Mood
Tone and Mood change with the POV but the for the majority of the book remain calm and of foreboding.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonists are three main characters, Igor, Jasmine, and Gabriela. Igor is also the antagonist in a traditional sense but vanity in every character is the biggest antagonist here.
Major Conflict
Igor's self-righteousness as he goes on a killing spree to satisfy his ego and force Ewa to return back to him is the biggest conflict.
Climax
The tension is highest as Ewa and Hamid are confronted by an armed Igor who is ready to kill them.
Foreshadowing
N?A
Understatement
Ewa always keeps her emotions hidden. The tension within her is always understated.
Allusions
Multiple allusions to scriptures and angels are in book which the characters use to justify their actions.
Imagery
The most powerful imagery is created through the description of flashing cameras at the Red Carpet as this is what every person is preparing for in the Cannes.
Paradox
Cannes Film Festival is a paradox by its very nature. Even though, it is a film festival it is most known for the celebrities and their expensive clothes at the Red Carpet.
Parallelism
There is a parallelism between the story of Hamid and Igor. Both of them have a rags-to-riches story. Both are hard-working, honest and deeply religious. Both fall in love with the same woman. And both are trying to get out of their everyday race of getting higher to settle for something small and failing at it everyday.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Red Carpet is the metonymy for the glamour at the Cannes Film Festival.
Personification
Flashing cameras are personified as they are describes as a human whose approval everyone is looking for.
