Alif the Unseen
G. Willow Wilson,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
G. Willow Wilson,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780802120205
Publish date: 19-06-2012
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Edition language: English
Alif the Unseen has a fantastic premise -- in more ways than one. A computer hacker in the Middle East discovers that jinn are real. This means that we get exposed to not just one culture, but two. We receive a complete immersion in Middle Eastern realities of life, alongside a supernatural world t...
As an IT boffin, I was excited when I saw the word 'hypervisor' and then a little disappointed when the computing became increasingly nonsensical. However, geeky disappointment aside, it was a pretty great read.
Alif the Unseen is a novel about political unrest in the Middle East, fueled by hackers and subversives on the internet who are angry about the way their governments are controlling their lives and cracking down hard on the digital world. This virtual unrest eventually leads to a revolution of sorts...
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/355460628
The beginning of the book, Chapter Zero, was set in a fascinating long ago time of Persia. The encounter between man and Djinn brought about of The Thousand and One Days into the world of men. From ancient Persia, the setting shifts to current days where Alif, a young man of Arab-Indian descent, i...
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