VASSANJI, M. G.

Amriika

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0771087233) Cloth with dust jacket. 412 pag. very good.

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Book number: 016955

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Vassanji, M. G.

Amriika

MCCLELLAND & STEWART. Paperback. Pp: 424. ISBN: 9780771087257. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: 3208210

Catalogue: Literatuur anderstalig

Keywords: 9780771087257

VASSANJI, M G

Amriika

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1999. 1st; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771087233. Light edge wear to dust jacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9 X 6.30 X 1.60 inches; 412 pages; "Amriika is a novel of betrayal, disillusionment, and discovery set in America during three highly charged decades in the nation’s history. In the late sixties, Ramji, a student from Dar es Salaam, East Africa, arrives in an America far different from the one he dreamed about, one caught up in anti-war demonstrations, revolutionary lifestyles, and spiritual quests. As Ramji finds himself pulled by the tumultuous currents of those troubled times, he is swept up in events whose consequences will haunt him for years to come. Decades later in a changed America, having recently left a marriage and a suburban existence, an older Ramji, passionately in love, finds himself drawn into a set of circumstances which hold terrifying reminders of the past and its unanswered questions.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17027

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Vassanji, M. G.

The Assassin's Song

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. 313pp. 25 cm. Fine condition/very good.

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Book number: 43246

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Sufis--Fiction; India--Fiction

M. G. Vassanji

The Assassin's Song

Canongate Books, 2009. Pp: 336. A story of grand historical sweep and intricate personal drama, an evocation of the physical and emotional landscape of a man caught between the ancient and the modern, between legacy and discovery, between the most daunting filial obligation and the most undeniable personal yearning, this novel is a ballad of a life irrevocably changed. ISBN: 9781847672834. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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M.G. Vassanji

The Assassin's Song

Doubleday Canada, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780385663519. pp.314 clean tight copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Fine/Fine.

Judith Patton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 014390

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VASSANJI, M.G.

The Assassin's Song

Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 038566351X. Light wear to DJ extremities and book ; A bright, solid book DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1.19 x 9.47 x 6.59 Inches; 314 pages; Karsan Dargawalla tells the story of the medieval Sufi shrine of Pirbaag, and his betrayal of its legacy. But his conflicted attempt to settle accounts quickly blossoms into a layered tale that spans centuries: from the mysterious Nur Fazal's spiritual journeys through 13th century India, to his shrine's eventual destruction in the horrifying "riots" of 2002. From the age of 11, Karsan has been told that one day he will succeed his father as guardian of the Shrine of the Wanderer: as the highest spiritual authority in their region, he will be God's representative to the multitudes who come to the shrine for penance and worship. But Karsan's longings are simpler: to play cricket with his friends, to discover more of the exciting world he reads about in the newspapers his friend Raja Singh, a truck driver, brings him from all over India. Half on a whim, Karsan applies to study at Harvard, but when he is unexpectedly offered a scholarship there he must try to meld his family's wishes with his own yearnings. Two years immersed in the intellectual and sexual ferment of America splits him further, until finally Karsan abdicates his successorship to the eight hundred-year-old throne. But even as Karsan succeeds in his "ordinary" life; marrying and having a son, becoming a professor in suburban British Columbia, his heritage haunts him in unexpected ways. And after tragedy strikes, both in Canada and Pirbaag, he is drawn back across thirty years of silence & separation to discover what, if anything, is left for him in India.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

Ainsworth BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 12169

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: 038566351X India British Columbia Pirbaag Fiction::Canadian

VASSANJI, M.G.

The Assassin's Song

Toronto, ON: Doubleday Canada, 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 038566351X. Light wear to DJ extremities and some rippling of front panel of DJ ; A bright, solid book DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1.19 x 9.47 x 6.59 Inches; 314 pages; Karsan Dargawalla tells the story of the medieval Sufi shrine of Pirbaag, and his betrayal of its legacy. But his conflicted attempt to settle accounts quickly blossoms into a layered tale that spans centuries: from the mysterious Nur Fazal's spiritual journeys through 13th century India, to his shrine's eventual destruction in the horrifying "riots" of 2002. From the age of 11, Karsan has been told that one day he will succeed his father as guardian of the Shrine of the Wanderer: as the highest spiritual authority in their region, he will be God's representative to the multitudes who come to the shrine for penance and worship. But Karsan's longings are simpler: to play cricket with his friends, to discover more of the exciting world he reads about in the newspapers his friend Raja Singh, a truck driver, brings him from all over India. Half on a whim, Karsan applies to study at Harvard, but when he is unexpectedly offered a scholarship there he must try to meld his family's wishes with his own yearnings. Two years immersed in the intellectual and sexual ferment of America splits him further, until finally Karsan abdicates his successorship to the eight hundred-year-old throne. But even as Karsan succeeds in his "ordinary" life; marrying and having a son, becoming a professor in suburban British Columbia, his heritage haunts him in unexpected ways. And after tragedy strikes, both in Canada and Pirbaag, he is drawn back across thirty years of silence & separation to discover what, if anything, is left for him in India.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

Ainsworth BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 13702

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: 038566351X India British Columbia Pirbaag

VASSANJI, M.G.

The Assassin's Song

Toronto, Doubleday Canada. 2007, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9780385663519) Hardcover. Book, In the aftermath of the brutal violence that gripped western India in 2002, Karsan Dargawalla, heir to Pirbaag--the shrine of a mysterious, medieval sufi--begins to tell the story of his family and the shrine now destroyed. His tale opens in the 1960s: young Karsan is next in line after his father to assume lordship of the Shrine of the Wanderer, and take his place as a representative of God to the multitudes who come there. But he longs to be "just ordinary"--to play cricket and be part of the exciting world he reads about in the stacks of newspapers a truck driver brings him from all across India. And when, to his utter amazement, he is accepted at Harvard, he can't resist the opportunity to go finally "into the beating heart of the world." Even as he succeeds in his "ordinary" life--marrying and having a son (his own "child-god"), becoming a professor in suburban British Columbia--his heritage haunts him in unexpected ways. After tragedy strikes, both in Canada and in Pirbaag, he is drawn back across thirty years of separation and silence to discover what, if anything, is left for him in India.A story of grand historical sweep and intricate personal drama, a stunning evocation of the physical and emotional landscape of a man caught between the ancient and the modern, between legacy and discovery, between the most daunting filial obligation and the most undeniable personal yearning-- a heartbreaking ballad of a life irrevocably changed.352p. New/Fine.

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Book number: 045282

Keywords: 9780385663519 Indo-Canadian Writers Fiction Canada Insia Fiction India Canada

Vassanji, M G

The Book Of Secrets

Macmillan, 1995, 1st UK edition. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. [x]+339pp, frontis map, edges of the dustjacket a little worn, otherwise a near fine copy. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0333638395
¶ Fiction set in East Africa by the Canadian based Kenyan born author.

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Book number: 41487

Keywords: ISBN 0333638395, fiction, africa 0333638395

Vassanji, M.G.

The book of secrets

London : Macmillan 1995. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description: 337p. : map ; 22cm. Subjects: East Africa -- Fiction. ISBN: 0333638395.

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Book number: 304872

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Vassanji, M. G.

The Book of Secrets

Toronto, ON, Canada, McClelland & Stewart, 1997. Soft cover. 0771087217. pp.337 with selected glossary. clean tight unread copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Fine.

Judith Patton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 010397

Catalogue: AFRICA/BLACK STUDIES, FICTION/LITERATURE

Keywords: FICTION_GENERAL AFRICA_FICTION 0771087217

Vassanji, M. G.

The Book of Secrets

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1997. Paperback. 8vo. Very good+. Winner of The Giller Prize. .

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Book number: 027683

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Vassanji, M.G.

The In-Between World of Vikram Lall.

Canada, Doubleday, 2003. hardcover, met stofomslag, 25 cm, 405 pp. Little tear in dustjacket. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0385659903.

Bij tij en ontij . . . .Professional seller

Book number: 36779

Catalogue: Literatuur - Literature

Keywords: kenia 0385659903

VASSANJI, M. G.

The in-between World of Vikram Lall

Edinburgh: Canongate, 2004. First edition. Paperback. 1st edition. Large format paperback. Very Good in printed wrappers. .

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Book number: 11480

Catalogue: Fiction