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"'One of the most impressive first novels of recent years' Salman Rushdie"
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The highly acclaimed and Betty Trask Award winning debut from the author of Maps for Lost Lovers
A sack of letters lost in a train crash nineteen years previously has mysteriously reappeared, and the inhabitants of a small town in Pakistan are waiting anxiously to see what long buried secrets will come to light. Could the letters have any bearing on Judge Anwar's murder?
In one of the most exquisite fictional debuts of recent years, Nadeem Aslam creates an exotic and timeless world, but one whose traditional rituals of everyday life are played out against an ominous backdrop of faraway civil wars, assassinations, changing regimes, and religious tensions.
'Vivid and poignant.' Evening Standard
'Poised and troubling.' The Times
'A real treat.' Daily Telegraph
'One of the most impressive first novels of recent years.' Salman Rushdie
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Like the previous reviewer, I too found that the novel ended abruptly. I had to check to see whether the final chapters had been ripped out of my copy!
Aside from this, the array of characters were evocatively brought to life, but the total lack of conclusion left me feeling very let down.
Aside from this, the array of characters were evocatively brought to life, but the total lack of conclusion left me feeling very let down.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
While I agree with the other 2 reviewers about the disappointing ending I think the question is whether a story such as this needs an ending. The author shows us in great detail and with exquisite prose the everyday life in a Pakistani village in 1982. We meet the barber, the butcher as well as the local landowner who likes to throw his weight around. The women who live by certain rules and some who dare to break them. The poignancy of how this small community suffers their religious differences and harbours suspicions while far away someone has tried to kill their president. Enjoy the characters and this window into Pakistani life, I suggest it as a book group read then you can discuss how it should end.
11 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was confused from beginning to the end. It was not very good at introducing the main characters and the novel suddenly ended.
I am still none the wiser, and I have read the book!
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