The Wish Maker
Autor Ali Sethien Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 iun 2010
His childhood friend and cousin Samar is getting married, and he's come to wish her happiness for the future. But returning to the family home in Lahore - crammed as it is with relatives - Zaki is confronted vividly with the past that has shaped not only his and his cousin's lives, but also those of his extended family.
The Wishmakeris a sweeping, powerful epic that stretches back into the past of a troubled family in a troubled country, finding the roots of today's struggles in the lives and events that shaped yesterday . . .
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141037103
ISBN-10: 0141037105
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141037105
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Ali
Sethi
was
born
in
Lahore,
Pakistan,
in
1984
and
grew
up
there.
In
2002
he
left
to
attend
college
in
the
United
States
and
graduated
in
2006.
He
has
since
written
reviews
and
articles
for
several
publications,
local
and
international,
and
has
co-produced
and
narrated
a
documentary
on
student
politics
in
Pakistan.
He
lived
in
New
York
City
for
a
year
and
now
lives
in
Lahore,
where
he
is
making
music.
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A brilliant, enthralling debut novel about a fatherless boy growing up in a family of outspoken women in contemporary Pakistan, "The Wish Maker" is also a tale of sacrifice, betrayal, and indestructible friendship.
A brilliant, enthralling debut novel about a fatherless boy growing up in a family of outspoken women in contemporary Pakistan, "The Wish Maker" is also a tale of sacrifice, betrayal, and indestructible friendship.