In the Orchard, the Swallows

by Peter Hobbs and Peter Hobbs

Book Overview

This tale of innocence and corruption in Pakistan is "a beautiful, often painful, journey of a young man's doomed yearning for love" (The Guardian).

During a village wedding in Pakistan, a boy risks speaking to the beautiful daughter of a powerful local politician. As night falls, the two meet in his father's orchard, inadvertently falling asleep as they wait for the light of dawn to reveal the orchard's beauty, naive to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160945183X
• ISBN13: 9781609451837
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher