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Jamil Ahmad - The Wandering Falcon
Released: 05/05/2011
Hamish Hamilton
Having worked as an official in Kabul’s Pakistani embassy, 79-year-old Jamil Ahmad draws on his experiences to flesh out the content of his debut novel. It’s a unique rendering of the Middle East, before the rise of the Taliban, seen through the eyes of a young boy known as the wandering falcon.
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Guardian“One of the finest collections of short stories to come out of south Asia...” This collection is reminiscent of the work of two masters of the short story: Saadat Hussain Manto's stories of India's violent partition and Isaac Babel's Red Cavalary stories. The power and beauty of these stories are unparalleled in most fiction..
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Financial Times“Nine tautly written stories...” The dilemma of these illiterate people – bamboozled by bureaucrats and betrayed by each other – is drawn with tenderness but without sentimentality...
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The Bookseller“Stark, compelling, wise, emotional yet unsentimental all at once... ” The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad is described as "a haunting and unforgettable collection of interlinked stories that gives a rare human insight into life in the forbidding tribal regions."...
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