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008 121102s2012 nyu 000 1 eng c
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050 4 $aPR9540.9.A44$bW36 2012
100 1 $aAhmad, Jamil,$d1933-
245 14 $aThe wandering falcon /$cJamil Ahmad.
250 $a1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRiverhead Books,$c2012.
300 $a243 pages ;$c18 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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520 $aTor Baz, a young boy descended from both chiefs and outlaws who becomes the Wandering Falcon, moves between the tribes of Pakistan and Afghanistan and their uncertain worlds full of brutality, humanity, deep love, honor, poverty, and grace. The wild area he travels -- the Federally Administered Tribal Area -- has become a political quagmire known for terrorism and inaccessibility. Yet in these pages, eighty-year-old debut author Jamil Ahmad lyrically and insightfully reveals the people who populate those lands, their tribes and traditions, and their older, timeless ways in the face of sometimes ruthless modernity. This story is an essential glimpse into a hidden world, one that has enormous geopolitical significance today and still remains largely a mystery to us. --$cPublisher description.
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651 0 $aAfghanistan$vFiction.
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