HOME FIRE

HOME FIRE

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018

SHAMSIE, KAMILA

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BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Year of edition:
2018
Matter
Libros en inglés*
Ubicación
B-1900
ISBN:
978-1-4088-8679-3
Pages :
288
Binding :
Otros
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Isma's attempts to find solace studying in America are scuppered by concerns over a headstrong sister and extremist brother. Into these complications comes Eamonn, son of a powerful British Muslim politician, struggling with ideas of his own birthright. Home Fire was longlisted for the Man BookerPrize 2017, and represents a powerful commenton the outcome when love and contemporary political issues collide.

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018

Kamila Shamsie (Karachi, Pakistán, 1973) es autora de seis novelas: "In the city by the sea", "Kartography" (ambas preseleccionadas para el Premio John Llewellyn Rhys), "Salt and Saffron", "Broken Verses", "Burnt Shadows" (preseleccionada para el Orange Award for Fiction) y, más recientemente, "A God in Every Stone", que fue preseleccionada para el Premio Baileys, el Premio Walter Scott de Ficción Histórica y el Premio DSC para Literatura del Sur de Asia. Tres de sus obras han recibido premios de la Academia de las Letras de Pakistán. Nació en Karachi y ahora vive en Londres.

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