Ebook {Epub PDF} The Shadow of the Crescent Moon by Fatima Bhutto

 · Overview. Long-listed for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, a lyrical novel set over the course of one morning in a small town in Pakistan. Fatima Bhutto’s stunning debut novel chronicles the lives of five young people trying to live and love in a world on fire. Set during the American invasion of Afghanistan, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon begins and ends one rain-swept Friday morning in Brand: Penguin Publishing Group.  · Fatima Bhutto, scion of the political dynasty, talks about her first novel, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon, and 'the ghosts of history'. Fatima Bhutto, photographed in Author: Elizabeth Day. Fatima Bhutto’s The Shadow of the Crescent Moon is a novel that deserves wide reading for its topic—but more than that, it deserves wide reading for its writing. The novel recounts the experiences of three brothers on Eid (the Muslim new year) in Mir Ali, a small town in Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, whose populace have been engaged in a long-term civil war against the Pakistani /5.

Devastatingly moving, fast-paced and a deeply resonant novel that goes to the heart of our times, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon is an extraordinary debut work of fiction and marks the beginning of a terrific career for this young novelist. Fatima Bhutto was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in Fatima Bhutto's stunning debut novel The Shadow of the Crescent Moon begins and ends one rain swept Friday morning in Mir Ali, a small town in Pakistan's Tribal Areas close to the Afghan border.. Three brothers meet for breakfast. Soon after, the eldest, recently returned from America, hails a taxi to the local mosque. Editions for The Shadow of the Crescent Moon: (Hardcover published in ), (Hardcover published in ), (Paperback p.

Fatima Bhutto's stunning debut novel The Shadow of the Crescent Moon begins and ends one rain swept Friday morning in Mir Ali, a small town in Pakistan's Tri. The novel The Shadow of the Crescent Moon is the first work by Pakistani author Fatima Bhutto, a scion of a famous political dynasty. Her grandfather, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was overthrown by a coup. Her father, Mir Murtaza Bhutto, was working to unseat the coup’s leader and was subsequently murdered. Fatima Bhutto's stunning debut novel The Shadow of the Crescent Moon begins and ends one rain swept Friday morning in Mir Ali, a small town in Pakistan's Tribal Areas close to the Afghan border. Three brothers meet for breakfast. Soon after, the eldest, recently returned from America, hails a taxi to the local mosque.