Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See.In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age. As a son, she can attend school, go to the market, and chaperone her older sisters.But Rahima is not the first in her family to adopt this unusual custom. A century earlier, her great-great grandmother, Shekiba, left orphaned by an epidemic, saved herself and built a new life the same way.Crisscrossing in time, The Pearl the Broke Its Shell interweaves the tales of these two women separated by a century who share similar destinies. But what will happen once Rahima is of marriageable age? Will Shekiba always live as a man? And if Rahima cannot adapt to life as a bride, how will she survive?
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Hashimi, Nadia
NADIA HASHIMI nasceu em Nova York, nos Estados Unidos. Seus pais deixaram o Afeganistão nos anos 1970, antes da invasão soviética, mas ela cresceu cercada por uma família numerosa, que manteve a cultura afegã como parte importante do cotidiano. Em 2003, visitou o Afeganistão pela primeira vez com os pais, e o passado e o interesse pela cultura e pela realidade das mulheres afegãs a motivaram a escrever histórias ligadas ao país, que já foram traduzidas para 17 idiomas.Nadia é pediatra e mora nos arredores de Washington com o marido, quatro filhos curiosos, o cachorro mais faminto do mundo e um papagaio-cinzento que sempre lembra as crianças de escovarem os dentes. Pela Arqueiro, publicou também A pérola que rompeu a concha. |