The Sound of Language (23 page)

AMULYA MALLADI
was born and raised in India. She lived in the United States for several years before moving to Denmark. She now lives in Copenhagen with her husband and two sons. You can contact her at
www.amulyamalladi.com
.

The Sound of Language
is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2008 by Amulya Malladi Reading group guide copyright © 2008 by Random House, Inc.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Malladi, Amulya.

The sound of language: a novel /Amulya Malladi.

p. cm.

eISBN: 978-0-307-49115-2

1. Afghans—Denmark —Fiction. I. Title. PS3613.A453S65 2008 813′.6-dc22 2007028571

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