My Father's Notebook: A Novel - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0060598719 ISBN 13: 9780060598716

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2006

Riassunto

The story of a father and son--Aga Akbar, the deaf-mute, illegitimate son of a Persian nobleman, and Ishmael, his political-dissident son--is set against the backdrop of twentieth-century Iran and offers a powerful and poignant saga of exile and home. 20,000 first printing.

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Recensione

“A field guide to present day Iran... MY FATHER’S NOTEBOOK is a winning, courtly tale of Persian culture.” (Buffalo News)

“Wonderful... Blends contemporary realism with Persian folklore, mirroring Iran’s... history through the eyes of a father and his son.” (Houston Chronicle)

“MY FATHER’S NOTEBOOK, a lovely novel, has the cadence of a fairy tale and the clarity of truth .” (Wall Street Journal)

“A storyteller of utmost subtlety and natural ease.” (Times Literary Supplement)

“Moving and illuminating . . . The history of Iran in the 20th century glints through.” (Publishers Weekly)

“An intimate portrait... Abdolah’s prose... is clean and lyrical... A sweeping novel that chronicles the tumultuous modern history of [Iran].” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Myth and unlovely reality meet and mingle... Conveys the heartache of an exile who cannot help but feel a traitor.” (Christian Science Monitor)

“Beautiful and poetic.” (Library Journal)

“Remarkable . . . Moving, dreamlike . . . Scenes are beautifully rendered.” (Providence Journal)

L'autore

Kader Abdolah is a pen name created to honor friends who died under the oppressive Iranian regime. The author of three novels, two short story collections, and numerous works of nonfiction, Abdolah joined a secret leftist organization while a student in Teheran. In 1988, at the invitation of the United Nations, he came to the Netherlands as a political refugee.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060598719
• ISBN 13: 9780060598716
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 325