Anahita's Woven Riddle - Couverture souple

Sayres, Meghan Nuttall

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810995484 ISBN 13 : 9780810995482

Editeur : Harry N. Abrams, 2008

Synopsis

Set in 19th century Iran, this novel is part historical fiction, part fairy tale. Anahita has always been headstrong and independent. When her parents try to make a marriage match between her and her tribe's khan (a type of inter-tribe leader), Anahita rebels. She will gladly marry, she says, but only to the man who can solve the riddle she weaves into her wedding carpet. Though nothing like this has ever been done before, her family and the tribe's spiritual leader eventually agree to the plan. But who will solve the riddle - A schoolteacher with unusual blue eyes? Her childhood friend and confidant? The odious khan? Or a faraway prince she glimpsed at the market?Filled with rich details of life in the desert and a modern-thinking, clever protagonist, this is a timely, eye-opening glimpse at the Middle East from a writer who has lived and travelled there.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Meghan Nuttall Sayres is author of The Shape of Betts Meadow: A Wetlands Story, a John Burroughs' Nature Book 2002, and co-author of Daughters of the Desert: Tales of Remarkable Women From the Christian, Jewish and Muslim Traditions. Meghan raises sheep, spins and dyes her own yarn with natural dyes and weaves tapestries. She has travelled in Turkey and Iran where she met with carpet weavers, dye masters and merchants in bustling bazaars to explore the age-old techniques, symbolism-and often sufi poetry-that infuses tribal rugs of the Middle East. She lives in the USA. Visit her at www.meghannuttallsayres.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harry N. Abrams
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810995484
• ISBN 13: 9780810995482
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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