Kader Abdolah

The King: A Novel (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Forest-Flier, Nancy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A hypnotic page-turner about the grinding gears of historical change and ruthless palace intrigue in Persia, c. 1848.

The King, young Shah Naser, takes to the throne of Persia at a turning point of history: he inherits an enchanted medieval world of harems, eunuchs, and treasures as well as a palace of secret doors, sudden deaths, and hidden agendas. Within the court is danger enough: outside all manner of change threatensindustrialization, colonization. Russia and England conspire to open the King's empire; his mother and his vizier take opposing sides. The poor Kingalmost an exact contemporary of Queen Victoriais trapped. He likes some aspects of modernity (electricity, photography) but can't embrace democracy. He must be a sovereign: he must keep his throne. The King cannot face change and he cannot escape it.

With this gleaming and seemingly simple story, breathlessly paced and beautifully told, Kader Abdolah, the acclaimed Iranian émigré novelist, speaks of deeper truths. A novel which has many timely things to say about eras of change and upheaval, The King is an unforgettable book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Directions
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780811223744
• Artikelnr.: 59592325

Autorenporträt

Kader Abdolah is the pen name of Hossein Sadjadi Ghaemmaghami Farahani. Opposed to the rule of the last Shah and that of the ayatollahs who followed, he lives in Holland and writes in Dutch. Abdolah's The House of the Mosque and My Father's Notebook have appeared in English here, and he has been acclaimed moving and illuminating" (Publishers Weekly), captivating and distinctive (TLS), and clean and lyrical (Kirkus Reviews).

Rezensionen

The King is utterly fabulous in both senses of the word: a sly, witty, knowing fable, full of charm and humour. Deceptively simple in its storytelling, it reads like one of Angela Carter's fairy tales transposed into the nineteenth-century Qajar Persian court. Kader Abdolah is a masterful and completely addictive storyteller WILLIAM DALRYMPLE