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'You can't stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will...' 1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep away everything he has built.Present-day LONDON.Sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, senses an emptiness in what he thought was the life of his dreams. Called back to his family home by an unexpected tragedy, Sameer begins to find the missing pieces of himself not in his future plans, but in a past he never knew.___________________Moving between two continents and several generations over a troubled century, We Are All Birds of Uganda is a multi-layered, moving and immensely resonant novel of love, loss, and what it means to find home.It is the first work of fiction by Hafsa Zayyan, co-winner of the inaugural #Merky Books New Writers' Prize, and one of the most exciting young novelists of today.___________________As featured in the Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Observer___________________Readers have been entranced by We Are All Birds of Uganda:'I connected with this book immediately ... Racism, generational culture, love and family ties are all key components of this novel by a really accomplished debut author who I feel sure we are going to hear a lot more from.''I can't find the words to describe how much I adored every, single, beautiful word of this totally amazing story.If I could give this book more than 5 stars I would.''This is one of the best books I have read in a long time and the writing is exceptional. A truly remarkable debut novel that I will shout about from the rooftops.' 'What an amazing book. Sensitively written, it covers so many issues.Family, religion, racism, bullying, loyalty. Eloquent writing made me feel completely part of the story ... An absolute gem of a book.''Zayyan intricately weaves the often forgotten story of South Asian migrants in Uganda, through past and present.Meticulously crafted, beautifully and thoughtfully written, with complex characters, this was an absolute pleasure to read.''A beautifully written story with themes of race and emigration. This is an extremely accomplished and readable story.'

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Plný název: We Are All Birds of Uganda
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 370
• EAN: 9781529118650
• ISBN: 1529118654
• ID: 25667631
• Nakladatelství: Random House
• Hmotnost: 386 g
• Rozměry: 136 × 214 × 35 mm
• Datum vydání: 21. January 2021

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