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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9789992142585
Publisert
2012-09-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press
Vekt
388 gr
Høyde
200 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Arabisk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
480

Forfatter

Biographical note

Kamila Shamsie was born in 1973 in Pakistan. She is the author of four previous novels: In the City by the Sea, Kartography (both shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), Salt and Saffron and Broken Verses. In 1999 she received the Prime Minister's Award for Literature and in 2004 the Patras Bokhari Award, both awarded by the Pakistan Academy of Letters. Kamila Shamsie lives in London.