Wish Maker - Couverture souple

Sethi, Ali

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1554682371 ISBN 13 : 9781554682379

Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

In middle-class Lahore, the fatherless Zaki Shirazi grows up in an unusual Muslim family, a family of women. The matriarchs of his world are strong and outspoken: his mother, Zakia, is a journalist and activist; his paternal grandmother, Daadi, is a shrewd navigator of the mores of her culture; his slightly older cousin, Samar Api, acts as his beloved ally and friend; and Naseem, the stalwart servant woman, is a sharpeyed judge of character. Through the lives of these remarkable women (and in flashback to the life of Zaki’s father), we are drawn into a family’s story through nearly fifty years of partition, wars, coups and upheaval in Pakistani society.

This is a story of love and loss, masterfully written, compellingly told, universally appealing, by a major new international voice.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ali Sethi grew up in Pakistan in a family of journalists and publishers. A recent graduate of Harvard, he currently lives in Lahore. The Wish Maker is his first novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1554682371
• ISBN 13: 9781554682379
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 544
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: HarperCollins Publishers Ireland; enquiries@harpercollins.ie; ; Macken House 39/40 Mayor Street Upper; Dublin; D01 C9W8; Irlande