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In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Sonam's world is dark and silent. Then one day, she follows a magical melodious sound to a walled garden, and her world is silent no more. The sound is music, and it lifts her up amongst the stars and takes her deeper than the tree roots in the earth. How can she hold on to this feeling in a world where music is forbidden?

A lyrical fable-like story by the well-known musician, author and broadcaster Eddie Ayres, about the irrepressible power of music.

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'Sonam and the Silence by the Australian broadcaster and musician Eddie Ayres is a vivid, lyrical story with the heightened feel of a fable ... Ronak Taher's mixed-media images combine sombre greys and threatening darkness with flashes of bright, rebellious colour, such as a single pomegranate lingering on a tree.' The Guardian

Sonam and the Silence

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    A Paperback / softback by Eddie Ayres, Ronak Taher

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      Publisher: Murdoch Books
      Publication Date: 06/04/2023
      ISBN13: 9781911679660, 978-1911679660
      ISBN10: 191167966X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Sonam's world is dark and silent. Then one day, she follows a magical melodious sound to a walled garden, and her world is silent no more. The sound is music, and it lifts her up amongst the stars and takes her deeper than the tree roots in the earth. How can she hold on to this feeling in a world where music is forbidden?

      A lyrical fable-like story by the well-known musician, author and broadcaster Eddie Ayres, about the irrepressible power of music.

      Trade Review
      'Sonam and the Silence by the Australian broadcaster and musician Eddie Ayres is a vivid, lyrical story with the heightened feel of a fable ... Ronak Taher's mixed-media images combine sombre greys and threatening darkness with flashes of bright, rebellious colour, such as a single pomegranate lingering on a tree.' The Guardian

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