Home Fire : WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018

Shamsie Kamila Shamsie • ebook • epub

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  _______________WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZEA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDAND AND NEW YORK TIMES_______________''The book for our times'' - Judges of the Women''s Prize''Elegant and evocative ... A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world'' - Guardian''Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I''ve read in a novel this century'' - New York Times_______________Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother''s death, she is finally studying in America, resuming a dream long deferred. But she can''t stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London – or their brother, Parvaiz, who''s disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew.Then Eamonn enters the sisters'' lives. Handsome and privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to – or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz''s salvation? Two families'' fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love?A contemporary reimagining of Sophocles'' Antigone, Home Fire is an urgent, fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love and politics collide – confirming Kamila Shamsie as a master storyteller of our times._______________NOW A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIMESHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017
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  Binding : Epub
  Auteur : Shamsie Kamila Shamsie
  Bestandstype : epub
  Distributievorm : Ebook (digitaal)
  Aantal pagina's : Afhankelijk van e-reader
  Beveiliging : Adobe DRM   Informatie 
  Uitgeverij : Bloomsbury Publishing
  ISBN : 9781408886755
  Datum publicatie : 08-2017
  
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