The King - Couverture souple

Abdolah, Kader

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0857862960 ISBN 13 : 9780857862969

Editeur : Canongate Books, 2015

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Kader Abdolah (a pen name created in memoriam to friends who died under persecution by the current Iranian regime) was born in Iran in 1954. While a student of physics in Tehran, he joined a secret leftist party that fought against the dictatorship of the shah and the subsequent dictatorship of the ayatollahs. Abdolah wrote for an illegal journal and clandestinely published two books in Iran. In 1988, he arrived in the Netherlands as a political refugee. Kader Abdolah is the author of several books, including the novels My Father's Notebook and The House of the Mosque. He has received several awards, including the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres decoration in 2008. Nancy Forest-Flier is an American-born translator who has made her home in the Netherlands with her husband, the writer Jim Forest.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Once upon a time there was a Persian prince. The prince had many brothers, for his father had married over a thousand wives over the course of his long life, but of the hundreds who sought power Prince Naser alone stood to inherit the kingdom. At that time Persia was bounded by Russia to the north and India to the east. To the south the British sailed their big ships to India and back. As Prince Naser ascends to the throne we lurk in his shadow to overhear the whispered intrigues and plotting of bloody battles in a kingdom facing dark times and difficult decisions. With the weight of the nation on his shoulders and those closest to him battling for ascendancy will this young King triumph or will he succumb to forces that threaten to engulf him? Enter the court of the King of Persia...

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Canongate Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0857862960
• ISBN 13: 9780857862969
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448