In the Orchard, the Swallows
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During a village wedding in Pakistan, a boy risks speaking to the beautiful daughter of a powerful local politician. As night falls, the two meet in his father's orchard, inadvertently falling asleep as they wait for the light of dawn to reveal the orchard's beauty, naive to the dangers posed by their innocent mistake. As first light approaches, and the girl's father realizes the young couple's mutual attraction, he has the boy sent to prison without explanation or the benefit of a trial. Fifteen years later, the boy-now a man-is released without a word. Bereft of family and weakened from years of abuse, he collapses on the side of the road and is taken in by a kindly scholar. As time passes, the man recovers enough to take daily walks to his father's now abandoned orchard, where he last saw his young beloved among the trees, beneath soaring, fluttering swallows . . . In clear, crystalline prose, this novel reveals the ability of the human spirit to conquer the random cruelties of life, and how the power of love and hope, once known, can never truly be extinguished.
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Hobbs, P. (2014). In the Orchard, the Swallows. [United States], Europa Editions.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hobbs, Peter. 2014. In the Orchard, the Swallows. [United States], Europa Editions.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hobbs, Peter, In the Orchard, the Swallows. [United States], Europa Editions, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Hobbs, Peter. In the Orchard, the Swallows. [United States], Europa Editions, 2014.
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