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Classical in form, warm, contemporary and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Tahir Shah
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 362
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Bantam Books, Bantam
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553383102
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First sentence
“THERE WAS A SADNESS IN THE stillness of dusk.”
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