'The first great novel of the war in Afghanistan' Wall Street Journal You've had no sleep since the firefight last night.The morning fog beyond the walls of your base lifts to reveal a lone woman approaching the gate.She says she has come to claim the body of her brother killed in last night's attack.Is she a terrorist? A spy? A lunatic? Or what she says she is - a grieving sister?What should you do?What do you do?Shortlisted for the Criticos Prize and the Boeke Prize and longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the DSC Asian Literature Prize. One of Publishers Weekly's Ten best contemporary war novels.
Vorwort
A visceral, unforgettable novel about the brutal realities of life in a war zone
Autorentext
Zusammenfassung
'The first great novel of the war in Afghanistan' Wall Street Journal You ve had no sleep since the firefight last night.The morning fog beyond the walls of your base lifts to reveal a lone woman approaching the gate.She says she has come to claim the body of her brother killed in last night s attack.Is she a terrorist? A spy? A lunatic? Or what she says she is a grieving sister?What should you do?What do you do?Shortlisted for the Criticos Prize and the Boeke Prize and longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the DSC Asian Literature Prize. One of Publishers Weekly's Ten best contemporary war novels.
'The first great novel of the war in Afghanistan' Wall Street Journal
You've had no sleep since the firefight last night.
The morning fog beyond the walls of your base lifts to reveal a lone woman approaching the gate.
She says she has come to claim the body of her brother killed in last night's attack.
Is she a terrorist? A spy? A lunatic?
Or what she says she is - a grieving sister?
What should you do?
What do you do?
Shortlisted for the Criticos Prize and the Boeke Prize and longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the DSC Asian Literature Prize. One of Publishers Weekly's Ten best contemporary war novels.
Vorwort
A visceral, unforgettable novel about the brutal realities of life in a war zone
Autorentext
Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
Zusammenfassung
'The first great novel of the war in Afghanistan' Wall Street Journal You ve had no sleep since the firefight last night.The morning fog beyond the walls of your base lifts to reveal a lone woman approaching the gate.She says she has come to claim the body of her brother killed in last night s attack.Is she a terrorist? A spy? A lunatic? Or what she says she is a grieving sister?What should you do?What do you do?Shortlisted for the Criticos Prize and the Boeke Prize and longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the DSC Asian Literature Prize. One of Publishers Weekly's Ten best contemporary war novels.
Titel
The Watch
Autor
EAN
9781446483268
ISBN
978-1-4464-8326-8
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
17.05.2012
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
1.07 MB
Anzahl Seiten
352
Jahr
2012
Untertitel
Englisch
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