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The King

Inglese · Tascabile

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Informationen zum Autor Kader Abdolah (a pen name created in memoriam to friends who died under persecution by the current Iranian regime) was born in Iran in 1954. While a student of physics in Tehran, he joined a secret leftist party that fought against the dictatorship of the shah and the subsequent dictatorship of the ayatollahs. Abdolah wrote for an illegal journal and clandestinely published two books in Iran. In 1988, he arrived in the Netherlands as a political refugee. Kader Abdolah is the author of several books, including the novels My Father´s Notebook, The House of the Mosque and most recently The King which has been longlisted for the 2016 International DUBLIN Literary Award. He has received several awards, including the Chevalier dans l´Ordre des Arts et des Lettres decoration in 2008. Nancy Forest-Flier is an American-born translator who has made her home in the Netherlands with her husband, the writer Jim Forest. Vorwort An extraordinary novel about the making of modern Iran - Kader Abdolah´s The King , already a bestseller in Europe, is now published in English for the first time Zusammenfassung *Longlisted for the 2016 International DUBLIN Literary Award* Once upon a time there was a Persian prince. The prince had many brothers, for his father had married over a thousand wives, but Prince Naser alone stood to inherit the kingdom. As the prince ascends to the throne we lurk in his shadow to overhear the whispered intrigues and plotting of bloody battles. The weight of the nation bears heavily on Shah Naser´s shoulders. Will this young king triumph or will he succumb to the forces that threaten to engulf him? Enter the court of the King of Persia . . .

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Autori Kader Abdolah
Con la collaborazione di Nancy Forest Flier (Traduzione), Nancy Forest-Flier (Traduzione)
Editore Canongate Books
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 31.01.2015
 
EAN 9780857862976
ISBN 978-0-85786-297-6
Pagine 431
Dimensioni 110 mm x 178 mm x 27 mm
Categorie Narrativa > Romanzi

Iranische (Persische) SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.)

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