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Author:

Rahimi, Atiq.

Title:

The patience stone : sang-e saboor / Atiq Rahimi ; translated by Polly McLean ; with an introduction by Khaled Hosseini.

Publisher:

Other Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xii, 141 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Afghanistan--Fiction.
Muslim women--Fiction.
Islamic fundamentalism--Fiction.

Other Authors:

McLean, Polly.

Notes:

"Originally published in French as Syngué sabour by P.O.L. Éditeur in 2008"--T.p. verso.

Summary:

In Persian folklore, Syngue Sabour is the name of a magical black stone, a patience stone, which absorbs the plight of those who confide in it. It is believed that the day it explodes, after having received too much hardship and pain, will be the day of the Apocalypse. But here, the Syngue Sabour is not a stone but rather a man lying brain-dead with a bullet lodged in his neck. His wife is with him, sitting by his side. But she resents him for having sacrificed her to the war, for never being able to resist the call to arms, for wanting to be a hero, and in the end, after all was said and done, for being incapacitated in a small skirmish.

ISBN:

1590513827 (ebook)
9781590513828 (ebook)
1590513444 (hardcover)
9781590513446 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)419799849

LCCN:

2009035737

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)