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Stranger to History: A Son´s Journey through Islamic Lands
Aatish Taseer
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Description for Stranger to History: A Son´s Journey through Islamic Lands
Paperback. The story of a son's journey across the middle east to meet his estranged father - from an acclaimed young journalist Num Pages: 336 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1QFM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. A Son's Journey Through Islamic Lands. 336 pages, map. The story of a son's journey across the middle east to meet his estranged father - from an acclaimed young journalist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QFM; WTL. Dimension: 200 x 133 x 22. Weight: 240.
As a child, all Aatish Taseer ever had of his father was his photograph in a browning silver frame. Raised by his Sikh mother in Delhi, his father, a Pakistani Muslim, remained a distant figure. It was a fractured upbringing which left Aatish with many questions about his own identity.
Stranger to History is the story of the journey Aatish made to try to understand what it means to be Muslim in the twenty-first century. Starting from Istanbul, Islam's once greatest city, he travels to Mecca, its most holy, and then home through Iran and Pakistan. Ending in Lahore, at his estranged father's home, on the night Benazir Bhutto was killed, it is also the story of Aatish's own divided family over the past fifty years.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847671318
SKU
V9781847671318
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-37
About Aatish Taseer
Aatish Taseer was born in 1980 and educated at Amherst College. He worked as a reporter at Time magazine and has written frequently for Time, The Sunday Times, & Prospect Magazine. He speaks five languages and currently lives between London and New Delhi. This is his first book.
Reviews for Stranger to History: A Son´s Journey through Islamic Lands
A subtle and poignant work by a young writer to watch.
V.S. Naipaul Taseer uses this intensely personal prism to spring a narrative that darts deftly between physical journey and childhood memoir. The paternal relationship he never had becomes the backbone of the book, which is all the better for it. Uncomfortable reading for Daddy, certainly, but gripping for the rest of us.
Literary Review
Probing, exhilarating and shot through with pinpoint observations of people, places and situations.
Kenny Hodgart
Herald
Stranger to History is remarkable. The souks, the landcapes and the people are described in simple, poetic language . . . Indispensable reading for anyone who wants a wider understanding of the Islamic world, of its history and its politics.
Emmanuelle Smith
Financial Times
A memorable read that engages the mind as well as the heart.
Tom Adair
Scotsman
Engrossing and provocative . . . Part travelogue, part memoir, this honest and revealing book is an attempt to form a better relationship with his father. Throughout, he confronts the concerns of religion and politics head on, unafraid to question the basic principles of faith and the Islamic view of history.
Duncan Mills
Traveller Magazine
A revealing personal odyssey . . . Illuminating.
The Bookseller
Stranger to History is remarkable. The souks, the landcapes and the people are described in simple, poetic language . . . Indespensable reading for anyone who wants a wider understanding of the Islamic world, of its history and its politics.
Financial Times
V.S. Naipaul Taseer uses this intensely personal prism to spring a narrative that darts deftly between physical journey and childhood memoir. The paternal relationship he never had becomes the backbone of the book, which is all the better for it. Uncomfortable reading for Daddy, certainly, but gripping for the rest of us.
Literary Review
Probing, exhilarating and shot through with pinpoint observations of people, places and situations.
Kenny Hodgart
Herald
Stranger to History is remarkable. The souks, the landcapes and the people are described in simple, poetic language . . . Indispensable reading for anyone who wants a wider understanding of the Islamic world, of its history and its politics.
Emmanuelle Smith
Financial Times
A memorable read that engages the mind as well as the heart.
Tom Adair
Scotsman
Engrossing and provocative . . . Part travelogue, part memoir, this honest and revealing book is an attempt to form a better relationship with his father. Throughout, he confronts the concerns of religion and politics head on, unafraid to question the basic principles of faith and the Islamic view of history.
Duncan Mills
Traveller Magazine
A revealing personal odyssey . . . Illuminating.
The Bookseller
Stranger to History is remarkable. The souks, the landcapes and the people are described in simple, poetic language . . . Indespensable reading for anyone who wants a wider understanding of the Islamic world, of its history and its politics.
Financial Times