Winner of the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and the Man Asian Literary Prize ‘Superb. The work of a gifted storyteller who has lived in the world of his fiction, and who offers his readers rare insight, wisdom and—above all—pleasure’ - Mohsin Hamid The Wandering Falcon is the unforgettable story of a boy known as Tor Baz—the black falcon—who wanders between tribes in the remote tribal areas where Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet, defying his fate and surviving against all odds. The world he inhabits is fragile, and unforgiving, one that is fast changing as it confronts modernity. In Jamil Ahmed’s award-winning debut, this highly traditional, honour-bound culture is revealed from the inside for the first time with vivid colour and imagination.
Ahmed Jamila Knihy
Džamil Ahmad bol jedným z mála anglicky píšúcich autorov pakistanského pôvodu, ktorí získali uznanie mimo svoju krajinu. Hoci jeho dielo bolo rozsiahlo obmedzené na jednu knihu a jednu poviedku, je považovaný za významného autora v rámci pakistanskej anglicky písanej beletrie. Jeho diela osvetľujú fascinujúce postoje a tabu, prastaré zvyky a tradície a pevne dodržiavané kódexy cti kočovných kmeňov, medzi ktorými pôsobil dve desaťročia. Prostredníctvom svojich podmanivých a lyrických príbehov Ahmad odhalil ich pohľad na svet a ich drsný život v jednom z najdrsnejších a geopoliticky najcitlivejších regiónov sveta.


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