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Summary of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell (eBook, ePUB)

by Nadia Hashimi Includes Analysis

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Summary of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi Includes Analysis

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The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Afghan American novelist Nadia Hashimi tells an intergenerational story of two Afghan women whose lives are different but connected. Rahima, a teenage girl, lives in twenty-first-century Afghanistan. In the wake of Taliban rule, Afghanistan's government is divided and the culture is fractured. Shekiba, Rahima's great-great-grandmother, lives in early twentieth-century Afghanistan, under a monarchy. The plot moves back and forth between the two characters, chronicling their lives and the obstacles they face under oppressive patriarchal regimes.

Rahima lives in a small village with her parents, her older sisters Shahla and Parwin, the latter born with a bad hip and a limp, and her younger sisters Rohila and Sitara. Her aunt, Khala Shaima, visits often, helps take care of the family, and tells the girls stories about their great-great-grandmother Shekiba. Rahima's...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Instaread, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 34
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781945251009
• Artikelnr.: 45489894