The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism by Baker, Deborah (9781555976279)

The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism

by Baker, Deborah

Paperback - English

*A 2011 National Book Award Finalist*

A spellbinding story of renunciation, conversion, and radicalism from Pulitzer Prize-finalist biographer Deborah Baker

What drives a woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a life of permanent exile in Pakistan? The Convert, a finalist for the National Book Award and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2011, tells the gripping story of how Margaret Marcus of Larchmont became Maryam Jameelah of Lahore.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

1555976271

EAN

9781555976279

Publisher

GRAY WOLF PR

Publication Date

04 Sep 2012

Pages

272

Weight (kg)

0.34

Dimensions (cm)

20.6 x 13.7 x 2.0

About Author

In 1990 Deborah Baker moved to Calcutta where she studied Bengali and wrote "In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding," a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in Biography. Since then, her essays have appeared in a range of publications from "The New York Times" to the Calcutta Statesmen. With her husband, the writer Amitav Ghosh, and her two children Lila and Nayan, she now divides her time between Calcutta, Goa and Brooklyn.