Idris : keeper of the light
Nair, Anita.
Idris : keeper of the light /Anita Nair. - , New Delhi : Fourth Estate , 2014. - 380 pages : color map : 22 cm
The years is 1659. Idris, a Somalian trader, is in kerala to attend the Mamangam festivities. By a strange twist of fate, he meets his nine years old son whose existence he had been unaware of. In an attempt to keep his son close to him, he embarks with him on a voyage that ends in the diamond mines of Golcondo. Packed with passion, adventure and fascinating aspects of life in the seventeenth century in southern India, Idris is a page-turner that will intrigue and excite readers everywhere.
9789350297810
Donated by Hostel
Indic fiction (English)
Merchants
Somalis Fiction
Anita Nair
823.92 NAI
Idris : keeper of the light /Anita Nair. - , New Delhi : Fourth Estate , 2014. - 380 pages : color map : 22 cm
The years is 1659. Idris, a Somalian trader, is in kerala to attend the Mamangam festivities. By a strange twist of fate, he meets his nine years old son whose existence he had been unaware of. In an attempt to keep his son close to him, he embarks with him on a voyage that ends in the diamond mines of Golcondo. Packed with passion, adventure and fascinating aspects of life in the seventeenth century in southern India, Idris is a page-turner that will intrigue and excite readers everywhere.
9789350297810
Donated by Hostel
Indic fiction (English)
Merchants
Somalis Fiction
Anita Nair
823.92 NAI
