Summary of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell (eBook)

by Nadia Hashimi | Includes Analysis

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2016
34 Seiten
Instaread, Inc (Verlag)
9781945251009 (ISBN)

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Summary of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi | Includes Analysis Preview:The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Afghan American novelist Nadia Hashimi tells an intergenerational story of two Afghan women whose lives are different but connected. Rahima, a teenage girl, lives in twenty-first-century Afghanistan. In the wake of Taliban rule, Afghanistan s government is divided and the culture is fractured. Shekiba, Rahima s great-great-grandmother, lives in early twentieth-century Afghanistan, under a monarchy. The plot moves back and forth between the two characters, chronicling their lives and the obstacles they face under oppressive patriarchal regimes.Rahima lives in a small village with her parents, her older sisters Shahla and Parwin, the latter born with a bad hip and a limp, and her younger sisters Rohila and Sitara. Her aunt, Khala Shaima, visits often, helps take care of the family, and tells the girls stories about their great-great-grandmother Shekiba. Rahima s PLEASE NOTE: This is summary and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Inside this Instaread Summary of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell: Summary of the BookImportant PeopleCharacter AnalysisAnalysis of the Themes and Author s Style About the AuthorWith Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.6.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-13: 9781945251009 / 9781945251009