All Our Broken Idols [electronic resource]
Paul M.M. Cooper2020
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'Superbly told' The Times
'Richly imagined' Sunday Times
'An engrossing, seamlessly written deliberation on the enduring power of art'
Mail on Sunday
Assyria, in the reign of Ashurbanipal. For Aurya and Sharo, every day is a
struggle for survival. One evening, everything changes. Soon, they are on the
barge of King Ashurbanipal, bound for the city of Nineveh. Their fates become
inextricably bound to that of the king - and the injured lion captured by his
men.
Twenty-six centuries later, British-Iraqi archaeologist Katya joins a dig in
Mosul to protect the ancient ruins of Nineveh from looters. But the real world
crashes in to their studious idyll when ISIL storm Mosul - and take Katya, Salim
and local girl Lola hostage.
'Dual timeline novels often fail: one strand is more interesting than the other,
or the links between the two are contrived. Not here. Both stories are superbly
told and share the same preoccupation - the coexistence of cruelty and creative
beauty'...
Main title:
All Our Broken Idols [electronic resource] / Paul M.M. Cooper
Author:
Paul M.M. Cooper, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (368)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781408879429
Language:
English
BRN:
437481
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