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a"The Wish Maker," in Ali Sethias mature and sure-handed prose, is an engaging family saga, an absorbing coming-of-age story, and an illuminating look at one of the worldas most turbulent regions. Ali Sethi steadfastly resists the usual clichA(c)s about both Islam and his native country. Instead, he offers a nuanced, often humorous, and always novel look at life in modern day Pakistan.a
a Khaled Hosseini, author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
a Khaled Hosseini, author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Zaki has returned home to Pakistan . . .
His childhood friend and cousin Samar is getting married, and he's come to wish her happiness for the future. But returning to the family home in Lahore - crammed as it is with relatives - Zaki is confronted vividly with the past that has shaped not only his and his cousin's lives, but also those of his extended family.
The Wishmaker is a sweeping, powerful epic that stretches back into the past of a troubled family in a troubled country, finding the roots of today's struggles in the lives and events that shaped yesterday . . .
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Ali Seth's The Wish Maker is his debut novel and I so hope there will be others to follow as it is such an excellent read. The story revolves round Zaki, recently returned to Pakistan for his cousin Samar's wedding. The two grew up together and are best friends as well as cousins. Zaki takes the reader on a journey into his childhood and we share his journey to adulthood, meeting all the members of his extended family and the servants attached to the household. We come to know these people very well and to care about them. It is beautifully written; witty, sad, funny and a totally satisfying read which offers a real insight into life in Pakistan.
Reviewed by Mary Smith, author of No More Mulberries
Reviewed by Mary Smith, author of No More Mulberries
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I can't understand why there are no reviews already for this book which is a brilliant coming-of-age novel set in Pakistan. I found this first novel by Ali Seth totally absorbing; fascinating and powerful. The central character, Zaki returns to Pakistan for his cousin Samar's wedding and takes the reader on a journey back through his extended family's history centred in Lahore. They are a colourful and engaging collection of characters the ups and downs of whose lives are set against Pakistan's turbulent modern history. The Wish Maker for me deserves to be rated as highly as Uzma Aslam Khan's Trespassing which also provides fascinating insights into life in Pakistan. As those two authors provide a different perspective on life in Pakistan from the one the media feeds us, so does Mary Smith whose debut novel No More Mulberries gives an equally authentic insight into Afghanistan and ordinary lives against a backdrop of war.
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