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Informationen zum Autor Priya Basil was born in London and grew up in Kenya. She now lives in London and Berlin. Her first novel! Ishq and Mushq ! was shortlisted for a Commonwealth Writer's Prize! and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize for Young Writers and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Priya's novella! Strangers on the 16:02 ! was one of the annual ten Quick Reads published in February 2011. In 2010 Priya co-founded Authors for Peace - a platform from which writers can actively use literature in different ways to promote peace. Please visit her website: www.priyabasil.com Klappentext The provocative and beautiful new novel from the author of ISHQ AND MUSHQ. Lina Mayur has always been the apple of her father's strict eye. When she meets Anil! a wealthy! cultured and decidedly liberal student of architecture from Kenya's Asian community! the intensity of her feelings for someone so different takes her by surprise. She is political and he is not; she is a Muslim and he is not. When Lina's mother comes upon a hidden suitcase of their love letters! a moral chasm threatens to tear apart her family and her heart. Zusammenfassung An epic Romeo and Juliet for the 21st centuryIn a bustling London café, Anil, now a famous architect, sits waiting for Lina. A past played out across three continents that house their rival worlds: Sikh and Muslim, wealthy and modest, liberal and orthodox, corrupt and moral....
