Combo of The Golden Legend & Season of the Rainbirds ( Set of 2)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.When shots ring out on Grand Trunk Road Nargiss life begins to crumble around her. Her husband Massud-a fellow architect-is caught in the crossfire and dies before she can confess to him her greatest secret. Under threat from a powerful military intelligence officer who demands that she pardon her husbands American killer Nargis fears that the truth about her past will soon be exposed. For weeks someone has been broadcasting peoples secrets from the minarets of the citys mosques and in a country where the accusation of blasphemy is a currency to be bartered the mysterious broadcasts have struck fear in Christians and Muslims alike.Against this background of violence and fear two outsiders-the young Christian woman Helen and the mysterious Imran from Kashmir-try to find an island of calm in which their love can grow.In his characteristically luminous prose Nadeem Aslam reflects Pakistans past and present in a single mirror-a story of corruption resilience and the hope that only love and the human spirit can offer. About the Author Nadeem Aslam was born in Pakistan and now lives in England. He is the author of four previous novels most recentlyThe Blind Mans Garden. His work has been longlisted for the Booker Prize shortlisted for the IMPAC Prize and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and won the Kiriyama and Windham Campbell prizes and the Lannan and Encore awards. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.NA