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On a houseboat moored on Nagin Lake in the Valley of Kashmir, Gracie Singh, an aging Yorkshirewoman, has been living out her widowhood since the death of her Indian husband, fashioning herself a new family with two Kashmiri women, Suriya and her daughter Lila, who tend to her in her dotage. Reader's Guide available. 25,000 first printing.
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- Año de publicación2006
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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: N0. unused book, First American Edition.stated the author's debut novel. no writing no tearing. no dust jacket not ex library. Nº de ref. del artículo: 89540
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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.46. Nº de ref. del artículo: G0802118224I3N00
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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Product Description Justine Hardy is an English journalist, a best-selling author, and a filmmaker who's spent much of the past fifteen years living in India. Her American debut, The Wonder House, has crafted an unforgettable love story set in the turbulent region of Kashmir, one of the most beautiful and broken places in the world.On Nagin Lake sits moored a houseboat called The Wonder House, on which Englishwoman, Gracie Singh, has been living out her widowhood since the death of her Indian husband. From The Wonder House Gracie has watched the valley become brutally disfigured by Pakistan and India's drawn-out clash over this coveted territory - just as she has watched her best friend and landlord, Masood Abdullah, change from a jeans-wearing, flirtatious young man to an anxious father hemmed in by growing Islamic orthodoxy. Soon after Masood's nephew disappears to join an extremist militant group, Hal, a journalist from England, comes to interview Gracie, putting them all in grave danger.Told by and about a Western woman's immersion in the endlessly alluring and troubled Islamic culture of North India, Hardy's gorgeous and gritty novel about human passions in a battered valley is a vital addition to the literature about India. From Publishers Weekly The rising fears and fading aspirations of a Muslim family in Indian-controlled Kashmir come in for observation by outsiders in Hardy's fiction debut, set in 1999-2000-just after the Kargil War and Musharraf's subsequent coup. Gracie Singh is an 80-year-old Englishwoman who has lived in Kashmir since the death of her Indian husband more than 20 years ago. She drifts about in a nostalgic, alcoholic daze on her houseboat, which everyone calls the Wonder House, tended by Lila, a niece of Gracie's landlord and decades-long friend, Masood Abdullah, and by Lila's mother, the mysteriously mute Suriya. The Abdullahs live in fear of both a brutal Indian military and the radicalization of their religion; when Masood's nephew Irfan leaves home to join a militant group, he puts the family in grave danger, a situation exacerbated by the arrival of English journalist Hal Copeman. Hardy chronicled a rising 1990s New Delhi and the always fabulous Bollywood in a pair of nonfiction titles. In her novel she uses too light a touch with history (as pushed through an acerbic Gracie and the Abdullah family exigencies) and too heavy a hand with message (having Hal, for instance, apologize for journalism's limitations). But her scenes are rich with sensual detail, making for vivid impressions. (Apr.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist Well-traveled English-born journalist Hardy presents a finely wrought debut novel anchored to a houseboat in violently disputed Kashmir. The Wonder House is home to 80-year-old Englishwoman Gracie Singh, who has long grieved for her deceased Indian husband and their son. Gracie is bossy, acerbically witty, plagued by strange dreams, reliant on gin, and brusquely loving to the two women who patiently look after her, Suriya, who is inexplicably mute, and Suriya's daughter, Lila. Lila's beauty makes her at once powerful and vulnerable as every male in the region covets her, including Irfan, a nephew of Gracie's landlord, Masood Abdullah. The distinguished, increasingly despairing patriarch of a large Muslim household, Masood is unable to protect Irfan from the militants who forcibly draft him, or Lila from attack. Tensions worsen with the arrival of a British journalist, a classic innocent abroad. Hardy's gorgeously filigreed and sensory prose evokes an atmosphere of doom, while tragic events, archetypal characters, and a steely perception of the helplessness of individuals echo that of the earlier, indelible Hardy, first name Thomas. Donna SeamanCopyright American Library Association. All rights reserved. Nº de ref. del artículo: SONG0802118224
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Descripción Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover in overall good shape with general wear. Binding firm and square. clean throughout. Uncorrected Proof. Nº de ref. del artículo: 101711
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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Collectible/Gift Quality. Book and dust jacket are both spotless and undamaged. They will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. "Such a heartbreaking book.Kashmir is caught so beautifully--the descriptions of the lakes in the winter, and crowded streets and strange melancholy are captured with a photographer's eye--smell the food, feel the burning heat of the kangris, taste the snow.The love story seems to mirror the complicated political struggle surrounding it.A huge achievement." -- Joanna Lumley, actress and author of No Room for Secrets. Nº de ref. del artículo: ABH6639
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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. The Wonder House This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Nº de ref. del artículo: 7719-9780802118226
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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition, stated; first printing, full number line. Dated, inscribed, and signed by the author on the title page: "April 2007 / Dearest R-- / Love from Kashmir / Justine." The book is square and unmarked; one corner and tail of spine bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $24.00); Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s). Nº de ref. del artículo: 002370
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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Nº de ref. del artículo: 6545-9780802118226
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