Cooper, Paul M.M.
All Our Broken Idols
- ISBN 13:
- 9781408879351
- author:
- Cooper, Paul M.M.
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 centimetres (0.26 kg
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Thrillers, Historical,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
All Our Broken Idols by Paul M. M. Cooper is a dual timeline novel that explores the coexistence of cruelty and creative beauty through two interconnected stories set in ancient Assyria and modern-day Iraq. In one narrative, Aurya and Sharo struggle to survive in a world where every day is a fight for survival. Their lives are forever changed when they are taken on a barge with King Ashurbanipal, bound for the city of Nineveh. As their fates become entwined with that of the king and an injured lion, the boundaries between past and present begin to blur. Twenty-six centuries later, British-Iraqi archaeologist Katya joins a dig in Mosul to uncover the ancient ruins of Nineveh, only to find her world turned upside down when ISIL storms into their site, taking Katya, Salim, and local girl Lola hostage.