Bibliograph

Monster child, Rahela Nayebzadah

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Monster child, Rahela Nayebzadah

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Monster child

Oclc number

1204137147

Responsibility statement

Rahela Nayebzadah

Summary

"In a powerful debut novel author Rahela Nayebzadah introduces three unforgettable characters, Beh, Shabnam and Alif. In a world swirling with secrets, racism and a touch of magic we watch through the eyes of these three children as Nayebzadah's family of Afghan immigrants try to find their way in an often uncaring society. But as a sexual assault on thirteen-year-old Beh unleashes the past and destroys the family the reader is left wondering who is the monster child? Is it Beh, who says she is called a disease? Is it Shabnam, who cries tears of blood? Is it Alif, who in the end declares "We are a family of monsters"? Or are the monsters all around us?"--, Provided by publisher

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