The bird king
Book |
First edition, first Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. |
Grove Press,
New York :
2019.
- 2 of 2 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative (Show)
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Fort Erie Library System
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial | FIC WILSO 2019 | Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
An epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. The story of Fatima, a concubine in the royal court of Granada, the last emirate of Muslim Spain, and her dearest friend Hassan, the palace mapmaker. Hassan has a secret-- he can draw maps of places he's never seen and bend the shape of reality. When representatives of the newly formed Spanish monarchy arrive to negotiate the sultan's surrender, Fatima befriends one of the women, not realizing that she will see Hassan's gift as sorcery and a threat to Christian Spanish rule. With their freedoms at stake, what will Fatima risk to save Hassan and escape the palace walls? As Fatima and Hassan traverse Spain with the help of a clever jinn to find safety, The Bird King asks us to consider what love is and the price of freedom at a time when the West and the Muslim world were not yet separate.
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Details
- ISBN: 9780802129031
- ISBN: 080212903X
- Physical Description: 403 pages ; 22 cmprint
- Edition: First edition, first Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2019.
- General Note: LSC 38.95Maps on endpapers.
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Concubinage >
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Magic >
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Inquisition >
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