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The Golden Legend

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'Evil here is not innate. Nargis's uncle sees it as 'another word for stupidity, for not knowing what really mattered in life'. In the face of this, there's a collective spirit that makes its way across the country, enabling a communality of the good or the sane. It's this that makes reading this exquisite, painful book not merely bearable but exhilarating, as it counters the despair with hope.' - Guardian When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis's life begins to crumble around her. Her husband, Massud - a fellow architect - is caught in the crossfire and dies before she can confess to him her greatest secret. Under threat from a powerful military intelligence officer, who demands that she pardon her husband's American killer, Nargis fears that the truth about her past will soon be exposed. For weeks someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minarets of the city's mosques and, in a country where the accusation of blasphemy is a currency to be bartered, the mysterious broadcasts have struck fear in Christians and Muslims alike. Against this background of violence and fear, two outsiders - the young Christian woman Helen and the mysterious Imran from Kashmir - try to find an island of calm in which their love can grow. In his characteristically luminous prose, Nadeem Aslam reflects Pakistan's past and present in a single mirror - a story of corruption, resilience, and the hope that only love and the human spirit can offer.

Author Biography:

Nadeem Aslam was born in Pakistan and now lives in England. He is the author of four previous novels, most recently The Blind Man's Garden. His work has been longlisted for the Booker Prize, shortlisted for the IMPAC Prize and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, and won the Kiriyama and Windham Campbell prizes and the Lannan and Encore Awards. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Release date Australia
January 12th, 2017
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Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Edition
Export - Airside ed
Pages
384
Dimensions
153x234x26
ISBN-13
9780571330744
Product ID
26032532

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