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MY NEIGHBOURHOOD SISTERS: THE CITY WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE By GULSIFAT SHAKHIDI
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Author:
Gulsifat Shakhidi
ISBN:
9781910886359
EAN:
9781910886359
Publication Year:
2016
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Book Title:
My Neighbourhood Sisters : the City Where Dreams Come True
Item Height:
0.9in.
Item Length:
8.3in.
Publisher:
Hertfordshire Press
Genre:
Fiction
Topic:
Short Stories (Single Author), General
Item Width:
5.8in.
Item Weight:
21.5 Oz
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My Neighbourhood Sisters is a powerful and beautiful book filled with characters drawn from both the author's imagination and her actual family, but in all of them, we will recognise aspects of ourselves and people from our own lives.
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Publisher
Hertfordshire Press
ISBN-10
1910886351
ISBN-13
9781910886359
eBay Product ID (ePID)
247311025
Product Key Features
Book Title
My Neighbourhood Sisters : the City Where Dreams Come True
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), General
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fiction
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in.
Item Height
0.9in.
Item Width
5.8in.
Item Weight
21.5 Oz
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In the wake of her previous novel, The City Where Dreams Come True, Shakhidi once again brings to the page, a powerful and heart-wrenching tale centred on life in Tajikistan during the country's senseless and cruel, civil war. Narrated by Zulfiya, the neighbourhood doctor, we are presented with portraits of her female friends and neighbours as each wrestles to balance traditional family life with changes imposed by both political and domestic unrest. Their customs and local environment - the communal courtyard where the neighbours gather to talk and drink tea on a raised bed- may belong to Central Asia, but the hardships they endure are universal: infidelity, addiction, abuse, poverty, death. And it is this, so sensitively described by Shakhidi that will resonate with readers the world over. Zulfiya's 'sisters' include feisty professionals and housewives, grandmothers and new brides, and as the novel unfolds, we learn how they value being able to share their problems and support each other in times of trouble. At first, Lola, Zebo and Lyubasha appear to lead perfect lives until faced with the misdemeanours of their husbands; they are forced to revaluate what is important and then find the courage to break out on their own. In the aftermath of war, Barno, Soro and Rano each struggle with poverty and the break-up of their families as their menfolk are forced to find work abroad, with harrowing consequences. As the older residents, headed by community sage and war veteran Grigory Semenovich watch events unfold, each recalls their own hardships during the previous war and sensitive to the plight of their neighbours, draw on their individual experiences to offer support and guidance. The most tragic character is undoubtedly Shirin, sadly widowed at a young age. Not all of the women, especially the intolerably arrogant Nigora and Marvorid, incite our sympathy but through her skilful crafting of all of their portraits, Shakhidi ensures that in each one, we will recognise aspects of ourselves and people we know. My Neighbourhood Sisters is a novel of reflection and for reflection, which focuses not only on the value of love and respect for our fellow beings but also, that close camaraderie between neighbours and sense of community which in our current age, are fast disappearing. - Laura Hamilton, editor
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Kamolov, Olim
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Yes
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