{"product_id":"the-djinn-waits-a-hundred-years-paperback","title":"The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShubnum Khan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003eEDITOR'S CHOICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rich and swoony...an ambitious delight, with rich characters and some exceptionally lovely writing...This is the start of a major career.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN INDIE NEXT PICK \u003cbr\u003eA LIBRARY READS PICK \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A dark and heady dream of a book\" (Alix E. Harrow) about a ruined mansion by the sea, the djinn that haunts it, and a curious girl who unearths the tragedy that happened there a hundred years previous \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAkbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa. Nearly a century later, it stands in ruins: an isolated boardinghouse for eclectic misfits, seeking solely to disappear into the mansion's dark corridors. Except for Sana. Unlike the others, she is curious and questioning and finds herself irresistibly drawn to the history of the mansion: To the eerie and forgotten East Wing, home to a clutter of broken and abandoned objects--and to the door at its end, locked for decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind the door is a bedroom frozen in time and a worn diary that whispers of a dark past: the long-forgotten story of a young woman named Meena, who died there tragically a hundred years ago. Watching Sana from the room's shadows is a besotted, grieving djinn, an invisible spirit who has haunted the mansion since her mysterious death. Obsessed with Meena's story, and unaware of the creature that follows her, Sana digs into the past like fingers into a wound, dredging up old and terrible secrets that will change the lives of everyone living and dead at Akbar Manzil. Sublime, heart-wrenching, and lyrically stunning, \u003ci\u003eThe Djinn Waits a Hundred Years\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting, a love story, and a mystery, all twined beautifully into one young girl's search for belonging.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShubnum Khan is a South African author and artist. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times; McSweeney's Quarterly; HuffPost; O, The Oprah Magazine; The Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London);\u003ci\u003e Marie Claire;\u003c\/i\u003e and others. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eOnion Tears \u003c\/i\u003e(2011) was shortlisted for the Penguin Prize for African Writing and the University of Johannesburg Debut Fiction Prize. Her essay collection, \u003ci\u003eHow I Accidentally Became a Stock Photo\u003c\/i\u003e was published in South Africa and India with Pan Macmillan in 2021. \u003ci\u003eThe Djinn Waits a Hundred Years \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel in the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52575688687923,"sku":"9780593653470","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/x8slvwCCgd9780593653470.webp?v=1761418419","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-djinn-waits-a-hundred-years-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}