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Burnt Shadows

Burnt Shadows

Author(s): Kamila Shamsie

Location(s): World

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1947 to 2001

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‘Burnt Shadows’ is set in three periods, 1947, 1983, 2001 and in several countries – Japan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and New York – although others feature also.It is the story of the interconnections between the members of two families against the backdrop of major world events.

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A book that traces several characters, how their lives interweave, against the backdrop of major events. The places just leapt off the pages, it is quite a tome, it can be hard to keep...

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