by KamilaShamsie (Author)
Summer, 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land, about to discover the Temple of Zeus, the call of adventure, and love. Thousands of miles away a twenty-year-old Pathan, Qayyum Gul, is learning about brotherhood and loyalty in the British Indian army. Summer, 1915. Viv has been separated from the man she loves; Qayyum has lost an eye at Ypres. They meet on a train to Peshawar, unaware that a connection is about to be forged between their lives - one that will reveal itself fifteen years later when anti-colonial resistance, an ancient artefact and a mysterious woman will bring them together again.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: UK open market ed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 12 Mar 2015
ISBN 10: 1408866633
ISBN 13: 9781408866634
Book Overview: Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015. From the Orange Prize shortlisted author of Burnt Shadows