num_pages: 352
description: In the wilds of Northern Pakistan where glaciers are born of mating ice two young lovers shatter the tenuous peace of a nomadic communityThinner than Skin is a riveting novel about identity and belonging. It's also a love story: between a young Pakistani man trying to make his way as photographer in America and the daughter of a Pakistani father and German mother brought up in the US who wants to return to a country she's never seen. Together they make the trip to Pakistan where a chance meeting with a young nomad changes their lives and the lives of those around them forever. The novel is also a love letter to the wilds of Northern Pakistan to glaciers to the old Silk Road and to the nomadic life of the indigenous people in the Northern territories where China encroaches and Pakistanis Uzbeks Russians Chinese and Afghans all come together to trade.
language: English
title: Thinner Than Skin
publisher: Clockroot Books