Night of the Golden Butterfly: A Novel (The Islam Quintet)

Night of the Golden Butterfly: A Novel (The Islam Quintet)

Completing an epic panorama that began in fifteenth-century Moorish Spain, Night of the Golden Butterfly moves between the cities of the twenty- first century, from Lahore to London, from Paris to Beijing. The narrator is rung one morning and reminded that he owes a debt of honor. The creditor is Mohammed AflatunÂ â€“Â known as PlatoÂ â€“Â an irascible but gifted painter living in a Pakistan where â€œhuman dignity has become a wreckage.â€ Plato, who once specialized in stepping back into the limelight, now wants his life story written.

As the tale unravels we meet Platoâ€™s London friend Alice Stepford, now a leading music critic in New York; Mrs. â€œNaughtyâ€ Latif, the Islamabad housewife whose fondness for generals forces her to flee to the salons of intellectually fashionable Paris; and thereâ€™s Jindie, the Golden Butterfly of the title, the narratorâ€™s first love. Interwoven with this chronicle of contemporary life is the turbulent history of Jindieâ€™s family. Her great forebear, DÃ¹ WÃ©nxiÃ¹, led a Muslim rebellion in Yunnan in the nineteenth century and ruled the region for almost a decade, as Sultan Suleiman. Night of the Golden Butterfly reveals Ali in full flight, at once imaginative and intelligent, satirical and stimulating.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Paperback
Color White
ReleaseDate 2010-10-18
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781844676545

Country	USA
Brand	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso
Binding	Paperback
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2010-10-18
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781844676545

Night of the Golden Butterfly: A Novel (The Islam Quintet)

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