The Resource Sparks like stars : a novel, Nadia Hashimi
Sparks like stars : a novel, Nadia Hashimi
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The item Sparks like stars : a novel, Nadia Hashimi represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan's thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan's progressive president, and Sitara's beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara's world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara's entire family. Only she survives. Smuggled out of the palace by a guard named Shair, Sitara finds her way to the home of a female American diplomat, who adopts her and raises her in America. In her new country, Sitara takes on a new name-Aryana Shepherd-and throws herself into her studies, eventually becoming a renowned surgeon. A survivor, Aryana has refused to look back, choosing instead to bury the trauma and devastating loss she endured. New York, 2008: Forty years after that fatal night in Kabul, Aryana's world is rocked again when an elderly patient appears in her examination room-a man she never expected to see again. It is Shair, the soldier who saved her, yet may have murdered her entire family. Seeing him awakens Aryana's fury and desire for answers-and, perhaps, revenge. Realising that she cannot go on without finding the truth, Aryana embarks on a quest that takes her back to Kabul-a battleground between the corrupt government and the fundamentalist Taliban-and through shadowy memories of the world she loved and lost. Bold, illuminating, heartbreaking, yet hopeful, Sparks Like Stars is a story of home-of America and Afghanistan, tragedy and survival, reinvention and remembrance, told in Nadia Hashimi's singular voice
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- International edition.
- Extent
- 454 pages
- Isbn
- 9780063078239
- Label
- Sparks like stars : a novel
- Title
- Sparks like stars
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Nadia Hashimi
- Subject
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- Afghanistan -- History -- Saur Revolution, 1978 -- Fiction
- Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Survival -- Fiction
- Afghan American women -- Fiction
- Women -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
- Women physicians -- Fiction
- Women surgeons -- Fiction
- US & CAN fiction
- Afghanistan -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan's thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan's progressive president, and Sitara's beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara's world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara's entire family. Only she survives. Smuggled out of the palace by a guard named Shair, Sitara finds her way to the home of a female American diplomat, who adopts her and raises her in America. In her new country, Sitara takes on a new name-Aryana Shepherd-and throws herself into her studies, eventually becoming a renowned surgeon. A survivor, Aryana has refused to look back, choosing instead to bury the trauma and devastating loss she endured. New York, 2008: Forty years after that fatal night in Kabul, Aryana's world is rocked again when an elderly patient appears in her examination room-a man she never expected to see again. It is Shair, the soldier who saved her, yet may have murdered her entire family. Seeing him awakens Aryana's fury and desire for answers-and, perhaps, revenge. Realising that she cannot go on without finding the truth, Aryana embarks on a quest that takes her back to Kabul-a battleground between the corrupt government and the fundamentalist Taliban-and through shadowy memories of the world she loved and lost. Bold, illuminating, heartbreaking, yet hopeful, Sparks Like Stars is a story of home-of America and Afghanistan, tragedy and survival, reinvention and remembrance, told in Nadia Hashimi's singular voice
- Cataloging source
- NJB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hashimi, Nadia
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Man-woman relationships
- Afghan American women
- Women
- Survival
- Women surgeons
- Women physicians
- Kabul (Afghanistan)
- Afghanistan
- New York (N.Y.)
- Afghanistan
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Sparks like stars : a novel, Nadia Hashimi
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000068361860
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- International edition.
- Extent
- 454 pages
- Isbn
- 9780063078239
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1226183542
- Label
- Sparks like stars : a novel, Nadia Hashimi
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000068361860
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- International edition.
- Extent
- 454 pages
- Isbn
- 9780063078239
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1226183542
Subject
- Afghanistan -- History -- Saur Revolution, 1978 -- Fiction
- Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Survival -- Fiction
- Afghan American women -- Fiction
- Women -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
- Women physicians -- Fiction
- Women surgeons -- Fiction
- US & CAN fiction
- Afghanistan -- Fiction
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