Anahita's Woven Riddle

ISBN: 9780810995482

出版年: 2008-5

页数: 384

定价: $ 8.98

内容简介

Set in 19th century Iran, this novel is part historical fiction, part fairy tale. Anahita has always been headstrong and independent. When her parents try to make a marriage match between her and her tribe's khan (a type of inter-tribe leader), Anahita rebels. She will gladly marry, she says, but only to the man who can solve the riddle she weaves into her wedding carpet. Though nothing like this has ever been done before, her family and the tribe's spiritual leader eventually agree to the plan. But who will solve the riddle - A schoolteacher with unusual blue eyes? Her childhood friend and confidant? The odious khan? Or a faraway prince she glimpsed at the market?Filled with rich details of life in the desert and a modern-thinking, clever protagonist, this is a timely, eye-opening glimpse at the Middle East from a writer who has lived and travelled there.