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Cargando... The House of Bilqis: A Novel (edición 2010)por Azhar Abidi
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Interesting enough but kind of simplistic. ( ) At the backdrop of the older generation holding on to the "good old days" and the way of living that no longer exists or is changing, we follow an aging genteel mother who misses both her place in society in the new Pakistan and her son, who has decided to live in Australia and marry an Australian girl. The contrast of the progressive Australian is the local servant girl, who meets and befriends one of the men who fight for islam on the Pakistani/Indian border. For me, the cultural, regional and religious aspects were really interesting and added a lot of color and flavor to the plot- which would have been interesting even if it only had focused on generation and class differences. Abidi is skilled at drawing out the characters and is good at observing, without taking sides. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
A haunting novel about a mother and son and the emotional consequences of leaving home The matriarch Bilqis Khan, a widowed university professor, is dismayed when her only son Samad marries Kate, a white Australian woman, and settles in Melbourne rather than returning home to Pakistan. Though Samad attempts to convince his mother to join them in Australia, she insists on remaining in Karachi, presiding over the family's crumbling estate, even while tensions in the government are mounting, making the country progressively more dangerous. Meanwhile, Bilqis's devoted servant Mumtaz enters a relationship with a freedom fighter, risking her and her family's honor, and Bilqis realizes that it is up to her to intervene. The intertwining stories of Bilqis, Samad, and Mumtaz offer a powerful and nuanced portrait of Pakistan in the modern era. Azhar Abidi's precise and elegant prose illuminates the struggle between a mother and son to reconcile their love for one another with their love for the places they call home. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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