The Shadow of the Crescent Moon: A Novel
by:
Fatima Bhutto (author)
Long-listed for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, a lyrical novel set over the course of one morning in a small town in PakistanFatima Bhutto’s stunning debut novel chronicles the lives of five young people trying to live and love in a world on fire. Set during the American invasion of...
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Long-listed for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, a lyrical novel set over the course of one morning in a small town in PakistanFatima Bhutto’s stunning debut novel chronicles the lives of five young people trying to live and love in a world on fire. Set during the American invasion of Afghanistan, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon begins and ends one rain-swept Friday
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781594205606 (1594205604)
Publisher: Penguin Press
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Bhutto really makes the Pakistan/Afghanistan border region come alive for me in this remarkable book. The level of mistrust and suffering is palpable, but at the same time, these characters are real people trying to somehow make real lives for themselves. Some are more prone to ideology than other...
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