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99 Nights in Logar (Hardcover)
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99 Nights in Logar (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R592
Discovery Miles 5 920
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Shortlisted for the DSC Prize 2019 Laconic, sharp and playful, 99
Nights in Logar is a stunning coming-of-age novel and a portrait of
Afghanistan like no other, from an unforgettable new voice Me and
Gul and Zia and Dawoud out on the roads of Logar, together, for the
first time, hoping to get Budabash back home before nightfall It is
2005 in Logar, Afghanistan, and twelve-year-old Marwand has
returned from America with his family for the summer. He loses the
tip of his finger to the village dog, Budabash, who then escapes.
Marwand's quest to find Budabash, over 99 nights, begins. The
resulting search is an exuberantly told adventure, one that takes
Marwand and his cousins across Logar, through mazes, into floods
and unexpected confrontations with American soldiers. Moving
between celebrations and tragedies, Marwand must confront family
secrets and his own identity as he returns to a home he's missed
for six years. Deeply humorous and surprisingly tender, 99 Nights
in Logar is a vibrant exploration of the power of stories - the
ones we tell each other, and the ones we find ourselves in.
'Charming and unpredictable ... A narrative style fizzing with
surprise' Observer 'A revelation, in every sense of the word'
Justin Torres 'Ferocious, funny, rude, and freewheeling' Karan
Mahajan
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