Night letter
Title
:
Night letter
Personal Author EPSB
:
Meghan Nuttall. Sayres
Summary
:
"Anahita, a nomadic weaver living in nineteenth-century Iran, is kidnapped on the eve of her wedding and thrown into the world of slavery and the mystical Sufi faith. Tinged with the fairy tale quality of her award-winning Anahita's Woven Riddle, Meghan Nuttall Sayres weaves details of Persian culture with poetry to create the story of a damsel in distress determined to save herself"--Amazon.
Year Published
:
2012
Physical Description
:
281 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Note
:
Includes a discussion guide and author's note.
Cover artwork by Rashin Kheiriyeh.
Subject
:
Human trafficking -- Fiction
Muslims -- Fiction
Marriage -- Fiction
Weaving -- Fiction
Afshar (Turkic people) -- Fiction
Geographic Term
:
Iran -- History -- Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925 -- Fiction
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Added Author
:
Kheiriyeh, Rashin,
Summary
:
"Anahita, a nomadic weaver living in nineteenth-century Iran, is kidnapped on the eve of her wedding and thrown into the world of slavery and the mystical Sufi faith. Tinged with the fairy tale quality of her award-winning Anahita's Woven Riddle, Meghan Nuttall Sayres weaves details of Persian culture with poetry to create the story of a damsel in distress determined to save herself"--Amazon.
ISBN
:
9780984835904
Publisher
:
Santa Ana, CA : Nortia Press, c2012.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Elizabeth Finch | F YA SAY | Book | 31459000066556 | Fiction |