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Alabaster: what is most precious is also most fragile
Chris Aslan
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Paperback. The alabaster jar of perfume has changed Maryam's fortune, but what is most precious is also most fragile Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 148.
Maryam is stuck in an abusive marriage, living with her in-laws, in a conservative, toxically religious Middle Eastern setting. A few years back, her father was given a jar of priceless perfume by a dying leper and it seemed as if their fortunes would improve, but then Maryam's father contracted leprosy and was exiled by the village. Maryam and her brother, Eleazar, and sister, Marta, experience the shame and ostracism this brings. The precious jar that was meant to bring them freedom, but it only seems to have brought destruction. But rumours abound concerning a new doctor; perhaps hope is ... Read more
Maryam is stuck in an abusive marriage, living with her in-laws, in a conservative, toxically religious Middle Eastern setting. A few years back, her father was given a jar of priceless perfume by a dying leper and it seemed as if their fortunes would improve, but then Maryam's father contracted leprosy and was exiled by the village. Maryam and her brother, Eleazar, and sister, Marta, experience the shame and ostracism this brings. The precious jar that was meant to bring them freedom, but it only seems to have brought destruction. But rumours abound concerning a new doctor; perhaps hope is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lion Hudson Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782642282
SKU
V9781782642282
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About Chris Aslan
Chris Aslan has spent many years living in Central Asia. Chris wrote a part memoir, part travelogue called, A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven years on the Silk Road, about life in Uzbekistan and is currently lecturing on textiles, tour-guiding around Central Asia and studying in Oxford for Anglican ordination.
Reviews for Alabaster: what is most precious is also most fragile
Imaginative, authentic, and evocative. A powerful narrative beautifully told.
Gerard Kelly, author of The Boy Who Loved Rain
Gerard Kelly, author of The Boy Who Loved Rain