**An extraordinary chronicle of war and an occult story of love between a father and his son from one of Iraq 's most celebrated contemporary writers** "Whenever he told lies, the birds would fly away. It had been that way since he was a child. Whenever he told a lie, something strange would happe
Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
β Scribed by Ali, Tariq
- Book ID
- 107550971
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 799 KB
- Series
- Islam 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781480448537
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β¦ Synopsis
Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family sage of those who tried to survive after the collapse of their world. Particularly deft at evoking what life must have been like for those doomed inhabitants, besieged on all sides by intolerant Christendom. ''This is a novel that have something to say, and says it well.'' - Guardian
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