The Wandering Falcon
by Jamil Ahmad
Published by : Penguin Books (India) Physical details: 181 Pages 20x13 cm | PB ISBN:9780241145159. Year: 2011| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Fiction | Fiction | 823.92 J271F 2011 (Browse shelf) | Available | 61654 |
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Tor Baz, a young boy descended from both chiefs and outlaws who becomes the Wandering Falcon, moves between the tribes of Pakistan and Afghanistan and their uncertain worlds full of brutality, humanity, deep love, honor, poverty, and grace. The wild area he travels -- the Federally Administered Tribal Area -- has become a political quagmire known for terrorism and inaccessibility. Yet in these pages, eighty-year-old debut author Jamil Ahmad lyrically and insightfully reveals the people who populate those lands, their tribes and traditions, and their older, timeless ways in the face of sometimes ruthless modernity. This story is an essential glimpse into a hidden world, one that has enormous geopolitical significance today and still remains largely a mystery to us.
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