The Wandering Falcon

ISBN-13: 9780241954058 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 192 str.

Jamil Ahmad

Opis

Following characters as they travel through the formidable landscape where Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan meet, 'The Wandering Falcon' explores the lives of nomadic tribes for whom distant political events result in tightened border constraints which threaten their very existence.

Recenzje

Brilliantly evokes the harshness of nomadic life. Chilling. Metro

O autorze

Jamil Ahmad was born in Jalandhar in 1933. As a member of the Civil Service of Pakistan, he served mainly in the Frontier Province and in Balochistan. He was Political Agent in Quetta, Chaghi, Khyber and Malakand and later, commissioner in Dera Ismail Khan and Swat. He was posted as minister in Pakistan's embassy in Kabul at a critical time, before and during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and his last assignment in the government was Chief Secretary Balochistan. He lives in Islamabad with his wife, Helga Ahmad.