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The Rug Merchant

Paperback • 2007 • English

The Rug Merchant

By Meg Mullins

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About the book

At the heart of Meg Mullins?s debut novel is one of the most touchingly believable characters in recent fiction, a gentle soul in the body of an Iranian exile in New York. Ushman Khan sells exquisite hand-woven rugs to a wealthy clientele that he treats with perfect rectitude. He is lonely, and his loneliness becomes unbearable when he learns that his wife in Iran is leaving him. But when a young woman named Stella comes into his store, what ensues is a love story that is all the more moving bec...Show more

Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration

Book details

ISBN

9780143112099

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

The Rug Merchant

Format

Paperback

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