Kartography

Informationen zum Autor KAMILA SHAMSIE's first novel, In the City by the Sea, was shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys/Mail on Sunday Prize. After her second novel, Salt and Saffron, she was named one of the Orange Futures "21 Writers for the 21st century". A recipient of the Award for Literary Achievement in Pakistan, she lives in Karachi and London, where she writes frequently for The Guardian. Klappentext Raheen and her best friend, Karim, share an idyllic childhood in upper-class Karachi. Their parents were even once engaged to each others' partners until they rematched in what they call "the fiancée swap." But as adolescence distances the friends, Karim takes refuge in maps while Raheen searches for the secret behind her parents' exchange. What she uncovers reveals not just a family's but a country's turbulent history-and a grown-up Raheen and Karim are caught between strained friendship and fated love. A love story with a family mystery at its heart, Kartography is a dazzling novel by a young writer of astonishing maturity and exhilarating style. Shamsie transports us to a world we have not often seen in fiction-vibrant, dangerous, sensuous Pakistan. But even as she takes us far from the familiar, her story of passion and family secrets rings universally true. Zusammenfassung Raheen and her best friend, Karim, share an idyllic childhood in upper-class Karachi. Their parents were even once engaged to each others' partners until they rematched in what they call "the fiancée swap." But as adolescence distances the friends, Karim takes refuge in maps while Raheen searches for the secret behind her parents' exchange. What she uncovers reveals not just a family's but a country's turbulent history-and a grown-up Raheen and Karim are caught between strained friendship and fated love. A love story with a family mystery at its heart, Kartography is a dazzling novel by a young writer of astonishing maturity and exhilarating style. Shamsie transports us to a world we have not often seen in fiction-vibrant, dangerous, sensuous Pakistan. But even as she takes us far from the familiar, her story of passion and family secrets rings universally true. ...

Product details

• Authors: Kamila Shamsie
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2004
• EAN: 9780156029735
• ISBN: 978-0-15-602973-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Historical romance, Fantasy Romance, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Humorous fiction, Historical fantasy, Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Anthologies: general, Comic (humorous) fantasy, Romance: fantasy and paranormal, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: General, FICTION: Fantasy / Epic, FICTION: Fantasy / Urban, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Fantasy / Paranormal, FICTION: Sagas, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Humorous, FICTION: Historical / World War II, FICTION: Fantasy / Romance, FICTION: Fantasy / Historical