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Ladataan... A Season for Martyrs (2014)Tekijä: Bina Shah
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. A beautiful novel of Pakistani history, weaving together through the generations the feudal Pir background of reporter Ali Sikander and the history of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The novel moves between 2007, when Bhutto returns from exile in Dubai, and historical vignettes illustrating the history of the two families. I knew little about Pakistan before reading this novel and found it fascinating. The novel is also an excellent coming-of-age story for Ali. Watching him move from a self-centered, frivolous young man into a politically aware person willing to heal his parental relationships was gratifying. ( ) ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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A harrowing account of the last three months of Benazir Bhutto's life October, 2007. Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returns home after eight years of exile to seek political office once more. Assigned to cover her controversial arrival is TV journalist Ali Sikandar, the estranged son of a wealthy landowner from the interior region of Sindh. While her presence ignites fierce protests and assassination attempts, Ali finds himself irrevocably drawn to the pro-democracy People's Resistance Movement, a secret that sweeps him into the many contradictions of a country still struggling to embrace modernity. As Shah weaves together the centuries-old history of Ali's feudal family and its connection to the Bhuttos, she brilliantly reveals a story at the crossroads of the personal and the political, a chronicle of one man's desire to overcome extremity to find love, forgiveness, and even identity itself. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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