Fire in the unnameable country
Book |
Hamish Hamilton,
Toronto :
2014.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Ridge | FIC ISLAM 2014 | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
The universe is shaking as Hedayat, the "glossolalist" narrator, is born on a flying carpet in the skies above an obscure land whose leader has manufactured the ability to hear every unspoken utterance of the nation. He records the contents of his citizens' minds onto tape reels for archival storage. Later in Hedayat's young life, as the unnameable country collapses into disarray around him, he begins an epistle, wherein, interspersed with accounts of contemporary terrorist attacks and the outbreak of a mysterious viral epidemic, he invokes the memories of his parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents to revisit the troubled country's history and expose the roots of its crisis.
Details
- ISBN: 9780670067008
- ISBN: 0670067008
- Physical Description: 451 p.print
- Publisher: Toronto : Hamish Hamilton, 2014.
- General Note: LSC 30.00On t.p. "country" appears upside down.