Los Desterrados, Hardcover

Isma is finally free: after years taking care of her twin brothers since her mother's death, her dream of studying in the United States has come true. But she can't stop worrying about her sister Aneeka, as beautiful as she is stubborn; her brother Parvaiz, who has made her worst nightmare come true and left London to join ISIS; and her father, an infamous jihadist. Then Eamonn, the privileged son of a powerful British politician, appears in her life, and soon the fates of both families becomes inextricably, terribly linked. Home Fire deals with topical themes of civil disobedience, loyalty, and legality in its quest to respond to the question, What would you be willing to sacrifice for love?

Isma es libre al fin. Despu s de pasarse a os cuidando de sus hermanos gemelos, tras de la muerte de su madre, ha conseguido su sue o: estudiar en Estados Unidos. Pero no puede dejar de preocuparse de su hermana, Aneeka, tan bella como tozuda o de su hermano Parvaiz, que ha acabado por convertirse en su peor pesadilla al dejar Londres para formar parte de ISIS tal y como hizo su padre, un yihadista infame. Es entonces cuando Eamonn, un joven privilegiado y atractivo, hijo de un poderoso pol tico brit nico-musulm n, aparece. Los destinos de ambas familias se entrelazar n irremediablemente, con nudos que preceden a la tragedia. Los desterrados, atiende a temas de actualidad: desobediencia civil, fidelidad y legalidad. Y con todo ello intenta responder a una pregunta: Qu sacrificios estar as dispuesto a hacer en nombre del amor?

Kamila Shamsie is a British author. She is a member of the Royal Society of Literature and appears on the Granta list for the Best of Young British Novelists. Her novel Home Fire was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2017.