My Father's Notebook
by:
Kader Abdolah (author)
Aga Akbar, a deaf-mute boy, writes passionately of his life. A generation later, Akbar's son struggles to decipher the notebook. As he gets closer to his father's story, he unravels the tale of how the world of a carpet-mender was forced to give way to one where the hostile environment of modern...
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Aga Akbar, a deaf-mute boy, writes passionately of his life. A generation later, Akbar's son struggles to decipher the notebook. As he gets closer to his father's story, he unravels the tale of how the world of a carpet-mender was forced to give way to one where the hostile environment of modern Iran has brought the family both love and sacrifice.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781841959276 (1841959278)
Publish date: April 26th 2007
Publisher: Canongate Books
Pages no: 325
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Inspirational,
Dutch Literature,
Iran
The idea of Aga Akbar was interesting, i wish the book was more about him, I wish that we could have gone into his mind, and maybe read actual excerpt from his notebook. It would have been more interesting.But I kinda lost the interest in the book once it started to be political. This is not critici...
This is a very engaging tale, with fascinating characters, a good story and plenty of payload about the history and culture of a place few of us know anything about.
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