THE SHADOW OF THE CRESCENT MOON by FATIMA BHUTTO

PUBLICATION DATE7th November 2013

This is a novel about a family - three brothers 

and their wives and lovers - set in a small town in 

Pakistan, close to the border with Afghanistan. At 

the heart of the novel are two women - the beautiful 

Samarra and the grief-stricken Mina. Through them 

we see a story of betrayal, of love and how conflict 

makes cowards of us all. With a brilliant twist, 

Fatima Bhutto’s novel explores how war forces the 

individual to make terrible choices, to choose hope 

over love, the future over the present. Devastatingly 

moving, fast-paced and deeply resonant, it is an 

extraordinary debut.

Fatima Bhutto was born in Kabul in 1982. She is one 

of the prominent Bhutto family, which counts among 

its members Fatima’s aunt, the assassinated former 

president Benazir Bhutto, and former president 

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Fatima’s maternal grandfather.

She is the author of Songs of Blood and Sword, 

published in 2010, which has been translated into

French, Italian, and Hindi. Fatima’s work has appeared 

in The Guardian, The Financial Times, and the New 

Statesman. She lives and writes in Karachi, Pakistan.

Praise for Songs of Blood and Sword:

`Her mesmerising book often has the feel of a 

detective inquiry into the events of a Jacobean

tragedy in which a dynasty is inexorably eliminated...’ 

Guardian

‘A story with dazzling twists and turns told by a trueblue 

member of the Bhutto fold.’ The Independent

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The Shadow of the Crescent Moon / Fatima Bhutto

This, Fatima Bhutto's first novel, is the story of a family: three brothers who live in a small town in Pakistan, close to the border with Afghanistan. Through three women - their mother Zainab, the beautiful Samarra and the grief-stricken Mina - Fatima Bhutto explores the way in which war forces the individual to make terrible choices, to choose hope over love, the future over the present. Devastatingly moving, it is an extraordinary debut. 


Source:  http://www.penguinrights.co.uk/

The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

by Fatima Bhutto Fiction

• UK & Comm Viking (2013, Ed. Mary Mount)
• US & Canada Penguin (Ed. Andrea Walker)

Set over the course of one morning in a small town in Pakistan's tribal regions, close to the border with Afghanistan, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon is the story of three brothers living through a world on fire. Two women - the beautiful Samarra and the unsettling Mina are at the heart of the novel and through them we see a story of love, of loss, and how the backdrop of continuous war forces the individual to make terrible choices, to choose hope over love, the future over the present.

Devastatingly moving, fast-paced and a deeply resonant novel that goes to the heart of our times, The Shadow of the Crescent Moon is an extraordinary debut work of fiction and marks the beginning of a terrific career for this young novelist.

Source: http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/fatima-bhutto/the-shadow-of-the-crescent-moon/