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Book Description PAPERBACK. Condition: New. 1574231952 British edition. Phoenix Publishing. 2001. Seller Inventory # 0753812533NH
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SIGNED COPY : Published In 2003 : 1st. American Paperback Edition : Jack Sparrow Publishing New Hampshire USA : This Is A Special Copy As It's SIGNED By The Author : Dedicated Best Wishes , ' Chandra ' : Quite A Rare Copy : Overall , A Great Story : Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 21 - 7853
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. There is a simplicity to "Mirage, this story of star-crossed lovers whose brief happiness is cut short, that belies the skill of its telling. Set in a closed Arab kingdom in our own time, it has the timeless appeal and delicacy of a fairy tale, yet also the moral weight—and all the human sadness—of a novel by Thomas Hardy. It tells how Sayeed, a good but unexceptional Muslim, finds happiness with Lalifa, a girl who might have been beyond his reach had widowhood and misfortune not brought her within it. The scene for Sayeed's marriage is set with unpretending tenderness and in unerring detail: the city hospital where he works, the shanty town where he lives, his brother's desert home, the pleasant wedding, the struggle to make a decent life for his new wife and her child. Heat, dirt, and squalor form the backdrop of tragedy, one fueled by pretty jealousy, sexual desire, and religious fervor, with Latifa, a village girl unused to the ways of the city, its ultimate victim. "Mirage was published in England in 1999 at the author's own expense. It emerged from that year's Booker Prize deliberations the unexpected favorite of a number of the judges, just missing the final short-list. Boyd Tonkin, literary editor of the "London Independent, chose it as his Book of the Year, saying "we need novels as lucid, moving, and compassionate as this one." Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781574231953
Book Description Condition: New. Über den AutorrnrnBandula Chandraratna was born in Sri Lanka. His work in hospitals led him to places such as Saudi Arabia, where he set his first novel, and London, where he published it. He currently lives in Northamptonshire, E. Seller Inventory # 904350903