

The Bird King
Author: G. Willow Wilson
Narrator: Elmira Rahim
Unabridged: 14 hr 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 03/12/2019
Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Author: G. Willow Wilson
Narrator: Elmira Rahim
Unabridged: 14 hr 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 03/12/2019
Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction
G. Willow Wilson is the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Alif the Unseen, which won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2013; the memoir, The Butterfly Mosque; the graphic novels Cairo, Air, and Vixen; and the celebrated comic book series Ms. Marvel.
Set in 1491 Grenada, most of this novel reads like a devoted historical novel where the Muslim world is mixed with the Christian at a time when the Spanish Inquisition is running strong and the last Emirate is about to fall. Fatima, the last concubine, and her friend Hassan, a mapmaker with the abili......more
There are few recent books that I have looked forward to reading as much as I looked forward to reading The Bird King. And there are even fewer books that I have anticipated that have been as disappointing to me as this one was. It was not a complete disaster. There are redeeming qualities. But ther......more
A few lulls but for the most part an excellent read. It felt like I was reading a Guy Gavriel Kay book; which is a huge compliment! There is a lot of Muslim culture here that most Westerners are not likely to be familiar with. I loved learning about the culture and seeing the world from the Muslim v......more