Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2009
ISBN 10: 1596916168 ISBN 13: 9781596916166
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Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2010
ISBN 10: 1608190420 ISBN 13: 9781608190423
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Published by Bloomsbury, 2013
ISBN 10: 1596916990 ISBN 13: 9781596916999
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. About the Author Laleh Khadivi was born in Esfahan Iran in 1977. In the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution her family fled, first to Belgium and Puerto Rico, finally settling in Canada and the United States. Khadivi received her MFA from Mills College and was a Creative Writing Fellow in Fiction at Emory University. She now lives in San Francisco.This is her second novel. Product Description Two brothers from a small Iranian mountain village-Saladin, who has always dreamed of leaving, and Ali, who has never given it a thought-are forced to flee for their lives in the aftermath of a political killing. The journey is beset by trouble from the start, but over the treacherous mountains they go, on foot to Istanbul and onward by freighter to the Azores.There, after a painful parting, Saladin alone continues on the final leg, on a cargo plane all the way to Los Angeles. He will have a new life in California, but will never be whole again without his beloved brother and the living heritage that has always defined him.The Walking is the second novel in a trilogy about Khadivi's homeland of Iran, a country poised between the ancient and the modern and tossed by political winds that have buffeted the entire globe. Here, Khadivi tells the story of exodus from homeland, an experience that hundreds of thousands of Iranians underwent, and which millions of others, from different places around the world, have also experienced. In the story of two brothers, Khadivi brilliantly explores the tension alive in all immigrants, between the love and attachment to the place they must leave, and the hopes and dreams that lie in the places they are headed. From Booklist Khadivi follows up her debut, The Age of Orphans (2009), with a tale of two brothers caught in the crosshairs of the Iranian revolution. Saladin and his older brother, Ali, flee Iran after they are forced to participate in a brutal execution carried out by their father and a mullah. On the run, the teen boys only have each other. They cross the border with two shady drug runners and secure passage in cramped quarters on a ship that takes them to an island where they wait with other refugees for a flight that will take them to a place where they hope to get a fresh start. But it is only Saladin who makes it to Los Angeles to embark on a new life. Khadivi moves back and forth in time to reveal how the brothers came to be separated, but also shifts perspective to allow for a wider look at the plight of the Iranians who didnt leave the country after the Ayatollah seized power. This is a deeply personal and revelatory novel. --Kristine Huntley.
Published by Bloomsbury Usa, 2009
ISBN 10: 1596916168 ISBN 13: 9781596916166
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 292 pages; Trade Paperback Advanced Reading Copy to the 1st edition (ARC); slight amount of soiling to bottom page ends; Kurdistan, Persia. A village high in the Zagros mountains. A small green-eyed boy wrestles free from his mother and climbs atop a straw and mud hut to gaze at the dusty landscape; the jagged mountains and azure sky, the cattle in the distance. With his arms stretched out beside him he pretends to be a bird, to lift up and soar over this land: the land of his fathers and forefathers. Kurdish land. Soon after the boy is ritually initiated into manhood, messengers from the hills bring whispers of war; rumours that the Shah's army is moving from village to village, stamping out any tribal rebellion that may stand in the way of the creation of a unified 'Iran'. Just nine years old, the boy must stand alongside his men and fight for their land. Years later, Reza Pahlavi Khourdi can only faintly recall the brutal murder of his father and cousins. Orphaned on the bloody battlefield, conscripted into the great column of the army and given a new name, he has quickly risen up the ranks, proving both his prowess in battle and allegiance to the Shah's troops. Now in Tehran, Reza is about to marry to a beautiful, educated, city girl, and become a Capitian. But there are stirrings within his heart. He will soon move west to be the Shah's servant in Kermanshah, the land of his birth, and a figurehead of modernization. At once rich and bleak, The Age of Orphans unleashes a tapestry of untold horrors and pleasures, of blood and smoke, hopes, dreams and desires. It is a profound and darkly poetic story of a land roughly sewn together under the ambitious imagining of a nation, and of the life of a boy whose identity does not - can not - unite with this vision.
Published by McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2009
ISBN 10: 0771095716 ISBN 13: 9780771095719
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.
Published by Bloomsbury, 2009
ISBN 10: 1596916168 ISBN 13: 9781596916166
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HARDCOVER. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st American edition. 292pp, smaller octavo. signed by author. tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good.
Published by Bloomsbury, New York, 2009
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Second printing. Fine in a near fine scratched dustwrapper. Winner of the 2008 Whiting Writers' Award. A novel, the first of a trilogy.
Published by Bloomsbury, 2009
ISBN 10: 1408802465 ISBN 13: 9781408802465
Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line). Not price-clipped (£14.99 price intact). Published by Bloomsbury, 2009. Octavo. Blue cloth boards stamped in white. Signed (flat) on title page. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. Lovely signed copy of this author's debut novel. 292 pages. ISBN: 9781408802465. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!.
Published by Bloomsbury, 2009
ISBN 10: 1408802465 ISBN 13: 9781408802465
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 292 pages. The debut novel by the Iranian American author. First edition (first printing). A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.
Published by Bloomsbury, 2009
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st US. (1st U.S., 1st ptg.) Sturdy book, light gray covers, shiny black lettering on spine, 292 pages and brief biographical note. DJ beneath mylar, DJ and book, both As New.
Published by Bloomsbury, London, 2009
ISBN 10: 1408802465 ISBN 13: 9781408802465
Seller: Zeitgeist Books, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine UK first edition, first printing in an umblemished dustjacket (not price-clipped) fitted with a protective and removable mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - 'Beautifully written . This difficult but powerful novel introduces a writer with a strong, unflinching voice and a penetrating vision.' --Pulisher's Weekly - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & LINED THUS: 'When he is tired and giddy and done, the boy lies on the roof and counts the stars as they shine out from the dusty dome, one and one and one. Each evening spreads over him like a satin blanket, immense and entire and yielding, to convince the boy that he too can belong to heaven and earth all at once' - Pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).