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My Father's Notebook (Paperback)
$12.78 - Save $1.42 (10%) - RRP $14.20 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for My Father's NotebookAga Akbar, a deaf-mute boy, writes passionately of his life. A generation later, Akbar's son struggles to decipher the notebook. As he gets closer to his father's story, he unravels the tale of how the world of a carpet-mender was forced to give way to one where the hostile environment of modern Iran has brought the family both love and sacrifice.
Full description- Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
- Published: 26 April 2007
- Format: Paperback 336 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9781841959276 ISBN 10: 1841959278
- Sales rank: 62,250
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Full description for My Father's Notebook
On a holy mountain in the depths of Persia, there is a cave with a mysterious cuneiform carving deep inside it. Aga Akbar, a deaf-mute boy from the mountain, develops his own private script from these symbols and writes passionately of his life, his family and his efforts to make sense of the changes the twentieth century brings to his country. Exiled in Holland a generation later, Akbar's son, Ishmael, struggles to decipher the notebook, reflecting how his own political activities have forced him to flee his country and abandon his family. As he gets closer to the heart of his father's story, he unravels the intricate tale of how the silent world of a village carpet-mender was forced to give way to one where the increasingly hostile environment of modern Iran has brought the family both love and sacrifice.
