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The Wasted Vigil
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Artikel-Nr:
9780571238804
Veröffentl:
2009
Erscheinungsdatum:
04.06.2009
Seiten:
448
Autor:
Nadeem Aslam
Gewicht:
363 g
Format:
200x126x35 mm
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
Nadeem Aslam is the author of the highly acclaimed Season of the Rainbirds (1993) and most recently Maps for Lost Lovers (2004), which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, shorltisted for the IMPAC Prize and was awarded the Kiriyama Prize and the Encore Award. He was named Decibel Writer of the Year in 2005. Born in Pakistan, he now lives in England.
This literary novel of family secrets set in Afghanistan is one of Faber's lead fiction titles and is the perfect summer read for fans of "The English Patient" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns". 'Ambitious and luminous... "The Wasted Vigil" reminds us that fiction can do things mere reportage can't' "Sunday Times"
The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam, the prize-winning author of Maps for Lost Lovers, is a devastatingly moving and beautiful novel of family secrets, forbidden love and the tragedy and consequences of war.