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Burnt shadows

Two years after her prospects are shattered by the bombing of Nagasaki, Hiroko Tanaka travels to Delhi in search of new beginnings and arrives in the home of her ex-fiance's half-sister, but she finds her circumstances halted by conflicts in the Middle East that prompt her family's eventual relocati...

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Main Author: Shamsie, Kamila, 1973-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Picador, 2009.
Edition:1st Picador ed.
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Nagasaki-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Fiction.
Japanese > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Pakistanis > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Afghanistan > Fiction.
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Burnt Shadows The Yet Unknowing World NAGASAKI, 9 AUGUST 1945 ... a time to recollect every shadow, everything the earth was losing, a time to think of everything the earth and I had lost, of all that I would lose, of all that I was losing.   --AGHA SHAHID ALI, A Nostalgist's Map of America       In past wars only homes burnt, but this time Don't be surprised if even loneliness ignites. In past wars only bodies burnt, but this time Don't be surprised if even shadows ignite.   --SAHIR LUDHIANVI, Parchaiyaan BURNT SHADOWS (c) 2009 by Kamila Shamsie. Excerpted from Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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