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The patience stone : sang-e saboor / Atiq Rahimi ; translated by Polly McLean ; with an introduction by Khaled Hosseini

By:

Rahimi, Atiq, (, 1962)

Contributor(s):

McLean, Polly

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Other Press , c2009.Description: xii, 141 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9781590513446

Uniform titles:

Syngué sabour . English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

FIC RAH

LOC classification:

PK6878.9.R34 S9613 2009

Summary: In 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.

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Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC RAH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		006949

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"Originally published in French as Syngué sabour by P.O.L. Éditeur in 2008"--T.p. verso.

In 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.

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