{"product_id":"the-bird-king-paperback","title":"The Bird King - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eG. Willow Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of NPR's 50 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Decade: A fifteenth-century palace mapmaker must hide his powers in the time of the Inquisition . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was an \u003ci\u003eNPR \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year and established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. Now she delivers \u003ci\u003eThe Bird King\u003c\/i\u003e, an epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFatima is a concubine in the royal court of Granada, the last emirate of Muslim Spain. Her dearest friend, Hassan, the palace mapmaker and the one man who doesn't leer at her with desire, has a secret-he can draw maps of places he's never seen and bend the shape of reality. When representatives of the newly formed Spanish monarchy arrive to negotiate the sultan's surrender, Fatima befriends one of the women, not realizing that she will see Hassan's gift as sorcery and a threat to Christian Spanish rule. With their freedoms at stake, what will Fatima risk to save Hassan and escape the palace walls? As the two traverse Spain with the help of a clever jinn to find safety, \u003ci\u003eThe Bird King\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to consider what love is and the price of freedom at a time when the West and the Muslim world were not yet separate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wilson has a deft hand with myth and with magic, and the kind of smart, honest writing mind that knits together and bridges cultures and people.\" --Neil Gaiman, author of \u003ci\u003eNorse Mythology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A triumph . . . one of the best fantasy writers working today.\" --\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A treasure-house of a novel, thrilling, tender, funny, and achingly gorgeous. I loved it.\" --Lev Grossman, author of the \u003ci\u003eMagicians \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eG. Willow Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the critically acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eAlif the Unseen\u003c\/i\u003e, the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Butterfly Mosque\u003c\/i\u003e, and the graphic novels \u003ci\u003eCairo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAir\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVixen\u003c\/i\u003e. She co-created the celebrated comic book series \u003ci\u003eMs. Marvel\u003c\/i\u003e starring Kamala Khan, winner of the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, and recently debuted as writer of the \u003ci\u003eWonder Woman\u003c\/i\u003e comics. She currently lives in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53457773560115,"sku":"9780802148292","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/pIaVZmeNR29780802148292.webp?v=1781272425","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bird-king-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}