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Among Muslims: Meetings at the Frontiers of Pakistan
Kathleen Jamie
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Description for Among Muslims: Meetings at the Frontiers of Pakistan
Paperback. Presents an account of the author's time travelling alone and living among the Shia and Ismaili Muslims in the Northern Areas - the mountainous regions wedged between Afghanistan, India and China and one of the most volatile borderlands in the world. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKP; BG; JHMC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 296.
When ten Pakistani men walk into Kathleen Jamie's small Scottish town on a peace march, in November 2001, she is thrown back to her own travels in Northern Pakistan and a book she wrote a decade earlier. Among Muslims is the account of Jamie's time travelling alone and living among the Shia and Ismaili Muslims in the Northern Areas - the mountainous regions wedged between Afghanistan, India and China and one of the most volatile borderlands in the world. A bold, sympathetic and superbly written book, Among Muslims delves into Jamie's own Scottish upbringing to find links with ... Read more
When ten Pakistani men walk into Kathleen Jamie's small Scottish town on a peace march, in November 2001, she is thrown back to her own travels in Northern Pakistan and a book she wrote a decade earlier. Among Muslims is the account of Jamie's time travelling alone and living among the Shia and Ismaili Muslims in the Northern Areas - the mountainous regions wedged between Afghanistan, India and China and one of the most volatile borderlands in the world. A bold, sympathetic and superbly written book, Among Muslims delves into Jamie's own Scottish upbringing to find links with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sort Of Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
255g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780953522774
SKU
V9780953522774
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Ref
99-1
About Kathleen Jamie
Kathleen Jamie is one of the U.K.'s foremost poets;The Golden Peakwas shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Award, and she has won several prestigious poetry awards, including the Somerset Maugham, Forward, Creative Scotland Award, and Geoffrey Faber Memorial award (twice). As well as poetry, Jamie writes for the London Review of Books and is a frequent writer and presenter of travelogues ... Read more
Reviews for Among Muslims: Meetings at the Frontiers of Pakistan
Genius is no stranger to the work of Kathleen Jamie, whose finely poised writing and subtly profound sensibility have made her such an artisan of the human heart.
Scotsman
What is ultimately most impressive is the energy, good humour and panache with which Jamie's language rises to the variety of its occasions.
Patrick Crotty
Times Literary ... Read more
Scotsman
What is ultimately most impressive is the energy, good humour and panache with which Jamie's language rises to the variety of its occasions.
Patrick Crotty
Times Literary ... Read more