Broken verses
Fourteen years ago, famous Pakistani activist Samina Akram disappeared. Two years earlier, her lover, Pakistan's greatest poet, was beaten to death by government thugs. Merging the personal with the political, Broken Verses is at once a sharp, thrilling journey through modern-day Pakistan, a ca...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Orlando, Fla. :
Harcourt
c2005
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed |
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991009980779708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Summary: | Fourteen years ago, famous Pakistani activist Samina Akram disappeared. Two years earlier, her lover, Pakistan's greatest poet, was beaten to death by government thugs. Merging the personal with the political, Broken Verses is at once a sharp, thrilling journey through modern-day Pakistan, a carefully coded mystery, and an intimate mother-daughter story that asks how we forgive a mother who leaves |
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| Item Description: | "A Harvest original." |
| Physical Description: | [5] h., 338 p. ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780156030533 |
