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001 2009035737
003 DLC
005 20100406112415.0
008 090831s2009 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2009035737
020 $a9781590513446 (hardcover)
020 $a1590513444 (hardcover)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn419799849
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041 1 $aeng$hfre
050 00 $aPK6878.9.R34$bS9613 2009
082 00 $a891/.563$222
100 1 $aRahimi, Atiq.
240 10 $aSyngué sabour.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe patience stone :$bsang-e saboor /$cAtiq Rahimi ; translated by Polly McLean ; with an introduction by Khaled Hosseini.
260 $aNew York :$bOther Press,$cc2009.
300 $axii, 141 p. ;$c20 cm.
520 $aIn 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.
500 $a"Originally published in French as Syngué sabour by P.O.L. Éditeur in 2008"--T.p. verso.
651 0 $aAfghanistan$vFiction.
650 0 $aMuslim women$vFiction.
650 0 $aIslamic fundamentalism$vFiction.
700 1 $aMcLean, Polly.