Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

by Tariq Ali

  • Paperback

    256 pages / July 2015 / 9781781680025

    We are sorry this title is currently out of stock in your selected territory. Please check back or contact us for more information.

“An enthralling story, unraveled with thrift and verve.” —Independent

Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family sage of those who tried to survive after the collapse of their world. Ali is particularly deft at evoking what life must have been like for those doomed inhabitants, besieged on all sides by intolerant Christendom. "This is a novel that have something to say, and says it well."—The Guardian

Reviews

  • Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family sage of those who tried to survive after the collapse of their world. Ali is particularly deft at evoking what life must have been like for those doomed inhabitants, besieged on all sides by intolerant Christendom. This is a novel that have something to say, and says it well.

    Guardian

  • Tariq Ali captures the humanity and splendour of Muslim Spain ... an enthralling story, unravelled with thrift and verve. Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree is quizzical as well as honest, informative as well as enjoyable, real history as well as fiction ... a book to be relished and devoured.

    Independent

    • Verso suggests