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Item Details
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THE PATIENCE STONE
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| By: |
Atiq Rahimi, Polly McLean (Trans) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1407054201 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781407054209 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2010 |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
A young woman sits at her husband's bedside, twisting her worry beads, reciting prayers. Shot in the neck by a fellow soldier, he is in a coma. Consumed by her vigil and his medical care, the woman is alone and desperate for any sign of life from her comatose husband. As her mind appears to unravel, so it becomes intensely clear-sighted. |
| Synopsis: |
A young woman prays at her husband's bedside as he lies in a coma with a bullet in his neck. From outside come the sounds of tanks, gunshots, screaming and, most terrifying of all, silence. Inside, her two frightened daughters call to her from the hallway. As she tries to keep her husband alive, the woman rages against men, war, culture, God. Even as her mind appears to unravel, she becomes intensely clear-sighted. Now is her chance - her first ever - to speak without being censored. Her husband's body reminds her of the legend of the patience stone, a stone that hears all confessions until it explodes, and finally, spurred to new heights of daring, she spills out her most explosive secret. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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