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The Wandering Falcon (Inscribed and Signed by Author)
de Ahmad, Jamil
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- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- ISBN 10
- 0670085332
- ISBN 13
- 9780670085330
- Librería
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Daw Park, South Australia, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
New Delhi: Hamish Hamilton an imprint of Penguin Books. 2011. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Inscribed and signed by the author to David Parker. 181 pages. Shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2011. A collection of interlinked short stories set in the area where the borders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran meet. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
Sinopsis
For readers of Khaled Hosseini, Daniyal Mueenuddin, and Mohsin Hamid, a remarkable, award-winning book about the tribes of Pakistan and Afghanistan. In this extraordinary tale, Tor Baz, the young boy descended from both chiefs and outlaws who becomes the Wandering Falcon, moves between the tribes of Pakistan and Afghanistan and their uncertain worlds full of brutality, humanity, deep love, honor, poverty, and grace. The wild area he travels -- the Federally Administered Tribal Area -- has become a political quagmire known for terrorism and inaccessibility. Yet in these pages, eighty-year-old debut author Jamil Ahmad lyrically and insightfully reveals the people who populate those lands, their tribes and traditions, and their older, timeless ways in the face of sometimes ruthless modernity. This story is an essential glimpse into a hidden world, one that has enormous geopolitical significance today and still remains largely a mystery to us. Jamil Ahmad is a storyteller in the classic sense -- there is an authenticity and wisdom to his writing that harkens back to another time. The Wandering Falcon reminds us why we read and how vital fiction is in opening new worlds to our imagination and understanding.
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- Librería
- Adelaide Booksellers
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- BIB296478
- Título
- The Wandering Falcon (Inscribed and Signed by Author)
- Autor
- Ahmad, Jamil
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado -
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0670085332
- ISBN 13
- 9780670085330
- Editorial
- Hamish Hamilton an imprint of Penguin Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New Delhi
- Fecha de publicación
- 2011
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern 1st;
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Sobre el vendedor
Adelaide Booksellers
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
Daw Park, South Australia
Sobre Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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