Passarola Rising

Author : Azhar Abidi
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780143038610
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Passarola Rising written by Azhar Abidi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inventing a peculiar airship that he uses to escape the intellectually stultifying climate of Portugal, Bartolomeu Loureno and his brother, Alexandre, travel the world in search of the truth, from the salons and bordellos of Ancien Rgime Paris to the Polish kingdom of Stanislaus. A first novel. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Author : Azhar Abidi
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440627363
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Passarola Rising written by Azhar Abidi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 1731, Alexandre Lourenco watches as his brother Bartolomeu’s airship, the Passarola, ascends from the ramparts of St. Jorge’s Castle in Lisbon. When the brothers board the ship, they embark on a journey that will take them from the salons and bordellos of Enlightenment Paris to the desolate far reaches of the North Pole, in search of scientific truth and knowledge. As they encounter such characters as the loquacious Voltaire and the irascible King Stanislaus of Poland, and attempt to escape Russian enemy fire and the condemnation of Portugal’s Cardinal Conti, Alexandre hopes to find his calling in life, while his brother keeps his eyes on the Passarola’s next horizon. A delightful picaresque tale filled with evocative period detail, Azhar Abidi’s debut is not only a story of adventure and suspense, but a thoughtful book on the nature of truth, and a heartfelt portrait of the relationship between brothers.

Author : Julie Mellors
Publisher : Contemporary Authors
ISBN 13 : 9780787678777
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Authors written by Julie Mellors and published by Contemporary Authors. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.

Author : Azhar Abidi
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780670019410
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The House of Bilqis written by Azhar Abidi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refusing to join her son and daughter-in-law in their new home in Australia, Pakistani woman Bilqis Ara Begum witnesses the rising insurgency in 1980s Kashmir and observes a forbidden relationship between her servant girl and a neighbor boy.

Author : 刘树森主编
Publisher : BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book 世界格局中的澳大利亚：历史、现实与未来 written by 刘树森主编 and published by BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.. This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 本书是一部澳大利亚研究中英文论文集，由40余位外专门从事澳大利亚研究的专家和学者撰写。从人类文明发展史与当今世界日益全球化的双重视角探讨澳大利亚作为亚太区域一个重要国家的发展与变化，包括中澳关系，澳大利亚的历史、政治、文学、教育、语言、新闻媒体、经济，以及生态与环保研究等诸多领域，从不同侧面探讨和研究澳大利亚及其社会特征，反映了澳大利亚研究的最新成果。

Author : Janet Wilson
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004329277
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Soundings in Postcolonial Writing written by Janet Wilson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Soundings in Postcolonial Writing is a collection of critical essays on postcolonial writing from the Caribbean, England, New Zealand and the Pacific, and features new work by 17 creative writers, all in honour of the postcolonial critic, Bruce King.

Author : Aroosa Kanwal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351719858
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Companion to Pakistani Anglophone Writing written by Aroosa Kanwal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Pakistani Anglophone Writing forms a theoretical, comprehensive, and critically astute overview of the history and future of Pakistani literature in English. Dealing with key issues for global society today, from terrorism, religious extremism, fundamentalism, corruption, and intolerance, to matters of love, hate, loss, belongingness, and identity conflicts, this Companion brings together over thirty essays by leading and emerging scholars, and presents: the transformations and continuities in Pakistani anglophone writing since its inauguration in 1947 to today; contestations and controversies that have not only informed creative writing but also subverted certain stereotypes in favour of a dynamic representation of Pakistani Muslim experiences; a case for a Pakistani canon through a critical perspective on how different writers and their works have, at different times, both consciously and unconsciously, helped to realise and extend a uniquely Pakistani idiom. Providing a comprehensive yet manageable introduction to cross-cultural relations and to historical, regional, local, and global contexts that are essential to reading Pakistani anglophone literature, The Routledge Companion to Pakistani Anglophone Writing is key reading for researchers and academics in Pakistani anglophone literature, history, and culture. It is also relevant to other disciplines such as terror studies, post-9/11 literature, gender studies, postcolonial studies, feminist studies, human rights, diaspora studies, space and mobility studies, religion, and contemporary South Asian literatures and cultures.

Author : Roberto Ransom
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393329360
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tale of Two Lions written by Roberto Ransom and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a bold new voice in Spanish fiction comes a sly and endearing novel--a mischievous story of two lions on two different continents, which Ignacio Padilla has declared, "the best Mexican literary work I have read in recent years."

Author : Dohra Ahmad
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525505164
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book of Migration Literature written by Dohra Ahmad and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Ahmad's] "introduction is fiery and charismatic... This book encompasses the diversity of experience, with beautiful variations and stories that bicker back and forth." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times The first global anthology of migration literature featuring works by Mohsin Hamid, Zadie Smith, Marjane Satrapi, Salman Rushdie, and Warsan Shire, with a foreword by Edwidge Danticat, author of Everything Inside A Penguin Classic Every year, three to four million people move to a new country. From war refugees to corporate expats, migrants constantly reshape their places of origin and arrival. This selection of works collected together for the first time brings together the most compelling literary depictions of migration. Organized in four parts (Departures, Arrivals, Generations, and Returns), The Penguin Book of Migration Literature conveys the intricacy of worldwide migration patterns, the diversity of immigrant experiences, and the commonalities among many of those diverse experiences. Ranging widely across the eighteenth through twenty-first centuries, across every continent of the earth, and across multiple literary genres, the anthology gives readers an understanding of our rapidly changing world, through the eyes of those at the center of that change. With thirty carefully selected poems, short stories, and excerpts spanning three hundred years and twenty-five countries, the collection brings together luminaries, emerging writers, and others who have earned a wide following in their home countries but have been less recognized in the Anglophone world. Editor of the volume Dohra Ahmad provides a contextual introduction, notes, and suggestions for further exploration.

Author : Azhar Abidi
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780670082742
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twilight written by Azhar Abidi and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Karachi, Bilqis Ara Begum, Proud Custodian Of Her Family&Rsquo;S Traditions, Prepares For The Wedding Reception Of Her Son Samad. The Family Has Gathered, The Servants Have Been Given Their Instructions, The Invitations Sent To Pakistan&Rsquo;S Upper Crust. But Bilqis Is Restless&Mdash;This Is Not What She Had Planned For Her Only Son: Kate, Whom Samad Has Recently Married, Is Australian And Middle Class. While Bilqis Struggles To Reassure Herself Of Her Son&Rsquo;S Commitment To The Family, Their Customs And, Most Of All, To Herself, Pakistan Is Facing Turmoil. Having Fortified His Dictatorship Through A Sham Referendum, General Zia Is Now Set On Imposing Orthodox Muslim Law On The Country, And News From The Border Is Of An Imminent Insurgency In Kashmir. Yet, Against The Threats To The Liberal Space She Has Always Accepted As Her Privilege, Bilqis Stands Firm&Mdash;Drawing Strength From The Values Of Her Aristocratic Parents And Memories Of Her Carefree Childhood In Undivided India&Mdash;And Refuses, With Characteristic Obstinacy, To Join Samad In Australia. Then She Stumbles Upon Her Servant Girl Mumtaz&Rsquo;S Secret Affair With A Kashmiri Freedom Fighter&Mdash;A Reckless Tryst That Threatens To Destroy The Girl&Rsquo;S Honour But For Which She Claims To Have No Regrets&Mdash;And Bilqis Is Left To Examine The Convictions That Have So Long Determined Her Life And Her Faith In Those Around Her. Twilight Confirms Azhar Abidi&Rsquo;S Stunning Talent For Nuanced Storytelling And Vivid, Evocative Prose. It Is A Captivating Novel About Love And Loyalty, Exile And Conflict, And Ultimately About The Inherent Comforts And Trials Of The Mother&Ndash;Son Bond.