The Wandering Falcon
(Sprache: Englisch)
The mullah left the fort with the boy walking beside him and the little puppy, who had been with his new owner less than a month, trotting behind." The boy - known as Tor Baz, the wandering falcon - journeys between tribes. Where does he come from, and what...
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The mullah left the fort with the boy walking beside him and the little puppy, who had been with his new owner less than a month, trotting behind." The boy - known as Tor Baz, the wandering falcon - journeys between tribes. Where does he come from, and what is his story? He meets men who fight under different flags, and women who risk everything if they break their society's code of honour. Set in the decades before the rise of the Taliban, Jamil Ahmad's stunning debut takes us to the essence of human life in the forbidden areas where the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet. The media today speak often about 'the tribal areas' - a remote region; a hotbed of conspiracies, drone attacks and conflict. Now, for the first time, this traditional, honour-bound culture is revealed from the inside. Jamil Ahmad is eighty years old and has spent long years among the people of the frontier. In "The Wandering Falcon", he describes a world of custom and cruelty, of love and gentleness, of hardship and survival, a fragile, unforgiving world that is changing as modern forces make themselves known. With the fate-defying story of Tor Baz, he has written an unforgettable novel of insight, compassion and timeless wisdom.
Autoren-Porträt von Jamil Ahmad
Jamil Ahmad wurde 1933 in Jalandhar, Indien, geboren. Als pakistanischer Staatsbeamter arbeitete er vor allem in der Frontier Province und Belutschistan. 1979 war er als Minister in der pakistanischen Botschaft in Kabul tätig. Ahmad lebt mit seiner deutschen Frau in Islamabad.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jamil Ahmad
- 2011, 192 Seiten, Maße: 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 0241145422
- ISBN-13: 9780241145425
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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