by KamilaShamsie (Author)
By the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 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
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 20 Sep 2018
ISBN 10: 1526607786
ISBN 13: 9781526607782
Book Overview: By the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction