CITY OF SPIES Book Launch Oct 1
CITY OF SPIES
Book Launch Oct 1
a novel by Sorayya Khan
launch for the US publication of this acclaimed coming-of-age story
Sunday, October 1, 2017
3 p.m Buffalo Street Books
with introduction of the author by Barbara Adams, Writing, Ithaca College
More information on Sorayya Khan and CITY OF SPIES here: https://www.ithaca.edu/fleff/cityofspies/
Praise for CITY OF SPIES:
Through the eyes of a young girl, CITY OF SPIES brings to vivid life a crucial episode in the history of the United States and Pakistan, at the moment of the Iran hostage crisis. The tensions and confusions of that time are intensely relevant today. Sorayya Khan’s rich and compelling novel is a gem. --Claire Messud
“This delicate political novel evokes the sights and smells of the Pakistan of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and General Zia. We are inside the head of a child spying on her past. I read CITY OF SPIES as the story of another school-girl in Pakistan, a different Malala. This Malala unmasks a whole new landscape of feeling.”– Amitava Kumar
“CITY OF SPIES reminds readers that children bear witness to, and the weight of, the history unfolding around them. --Book List
“Khan writes with lovely elegance… the novel is a moving success and necessary at a time when many of the same concerns have come to dominate our national (and international) consciousness. --Kirkus Reviews
CITY OF SPIES is included on a Huffington Post list of top 28 New Fiction Books to Add to Your Must-Read List This Fall
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/best-fall-books-2017_us_59a991dee4b0dfaafcf01955
READ SORAYYA KHAN's essay for FLEFF's 20 on 20 project, "Take Me Home," www.ithaca.edu/fleff/tropianoandzimmermann/khan/
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