The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan Paperback Book

Description: The Djinn Waits A Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan In an old wardrobe a djinn sits weeping. It whimpers and murmurs small words of complaint. It sucks its teeth and berates the heavens for its fate. It curses the day it ever entered this damned house.Akbar Manzil was once a grand estate overlooking the sparkling ocean beyond South Africas eastern coast. Now, its Palladian windows and marble parapets, its golden domes and Romanesque towers have fallen into disrepair.Now, Akbar Manzil is where people come to forget, or to be forgotten.Teenage Sana arrives with her father, Bilal, both of them hoping for a fresh start after the tragedies that have blighted their family. But when the ghost of Sanas sister alerts her to the presence of a djinn that lingers just out of reach in the shadowy corners of the house, Sana embarks on a quest to uncover the history of her unnerving new home. Soon, her own story intertwines with that of a young woman who lived there some eighty years earlier, a woman whose tragic fate holds the key to Akbar Manzils ultimate secret.Endlessly playful and richly imaginative, Shubnum Khans vibrant debut delves into the transformative powers of love and grief as it explores the legacy of South Africas complicated past. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Shubnum Khan is a South African author and artist. Her first novel, Onion Tears (2011) was shortlisted for the Penguin Prize for African Writing and the University of Johannesburg Debut Fiction Prize. Her writing has also appeared in the New York Times, McSweeneys, HuffPost, Oprah Magazine, The Sunday Times, Marie Claire, and others. She has a degree in Media Studies and a Masters in English from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her essay collection, How I Accidentally Became a Stock Photo was published in South Africa and India by Pan Macmillan in 2021. Promotional A sweeping and tender story set in a decaying mansion on South Africas eastern coast, where teenage Sana finds herself entangled with the story of a young woman who disappeared some eighty years ago Details ISBN0861548280 Format Paperback AU Release Date 2024-04-29 Author Shubnum Khan Pages 320 Publisher Oneworld Publications Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780861548286 Imprint Oneworld Publications Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience General Publication Date 2024-02-01 UK Release Date 2024-02-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159973766;

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