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Read the heart-stopping new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of The Year of the RunawaysSunjeev Sahotas writing is the stuff of miracles Bryan WashingtonA gorgeous, gripping read Kamila ShamsieMehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her sisters-in-law, married to three brothers in a single ceremony, spend their days hard at work in the familys china room, sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk.Spiralling around Mehars story is that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its china room locked and barred. In enforced flight from the traumas of his adolescence - his experiences of addiction, racism, and estrangement from the culture of his birth - he spends a summer in painful contemplation and recovery, finally gathering the strength to return home.Im blown away by it. I was gripped from the first page to the last Tessa HadleySuch a thrilling combination of beauty and heartbreak. Its breathtaking Charlotte MendelsonAn intense drama of classic themes - love, family, survival, and betrayal - told with passion and precision in Sahotas economical, lyrical prose Adam Foulds
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Vintage
