ISBN: 9350291630

[SR: 4282243], Hardcover, [EAN: 9789350291634], HarperCollins India, HarperCollins India, Book, [PU: HarperCollins India], HarperCollins India, SUBTLE AND HAUNTING, NOON IS THE STORY OF R… Mehr…

[SR: 4282243], Hardcover, [EAN: 9789350291634], HarperCollins India, HarperCollins India, Book, [PU: HarperCollins India], HarperCollins India, SUBTLE AND HAUNTING, NOON IS THE STORY OF REHAN TABASSUM, A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS SEEN A CHILDHOOD OF UNCERTAINTY, AND WHOSE VULNERABILITY HAS RENDERED HIM A GAZE SO KEEN THAT IT DIVINES EASILY THE SHIFTS AROUND HIM: HIS MOTHER AND HER NEW HUSBAND, THE EMERGENCE OF A DAZZLING NEW INDIA, THE RETREAT OF THE OLD, MUTED ORDER OF DUST AND SHORTAGES, AND THE SWELL OF A SUPPRESSED PEOPLE. IN THIS UNCOMPROMISING YET UNEXPECTEDLY TENDER THIRD BOOK, AATISH TASEER MAPS A DIFFICULT PERIOD IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, A PERIOD OF DEEP UPHEAVALS, WHOSE TRUE DIRECTION IS ELUSIVE. BY PRESENTING REHAN\\ S JOURNEY THROUGH LANDS OF SUDDEN WEALTH AND HIDDEN VIOLENCE, IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF POLITICAL QUICKSAND AND MORAL DANGER, TASEER BRINGS US INTO CLOSER CONTACT WITH A WORLD EXPERIENCING CONVULSIVE CHANGE. STARK, BRAVE, AND ABSOLUTELY COMPELLING, NOON CONFIRMS AATISH TASEER AS A WRITER OF EMOTIONAL ACUITY AND GREAT INTELLECTUAL GIFT, 590756, Contemporary Fiction, 62, Fiction, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

ISBN: 9350291630

[SR: 4145440], Hardcover, [EAN: 9789350291634], HarperCollins, HarperCollins, Book, [PU: HarperCollins], HarperCollins, Subtle and haunting, Noon is the story of Rehan Tabassum, a young m… Mehr…

[SR: 4145440], Hardcover, [EAN: 9789350291634], HarperCollins, HarperCollins, Book, [PU: HarperCollins], HarperCollins, Subtle and haunting, Noon is the story of Rehan Tabassum, a young man who has seen a childhood of uncertainty, and whose vulnerability has rendered him a gaze so keen that it divines easily the shifts around him: his mother and her new husband, the emergence of a dazzling new India, the retreat of the old, muted order of dust and shortages, and the swell of a suppressed people. In this uncompromising yet unexpectedly tender third book, Aatish Taseer maps a difficult period in India and Pakistan, a period of deep upheavals, whose true direction is elusive. By presenting Rehan s journey through lands of sudden wealth and hidden violence, in an atmosphere of political quicksand and moral danger, Taseer brings us into closer contact with a world experiencing convulsive change. Stark, brave, and absolutely compelling, Noon confirms Aatish Taseer as a writer of emotional acuity and great intellectual gift., 10129, Contemporary, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 9350291630

Subtle and haunting, Noon is the story of Rehan Tabassum, a young man who has seen a childhood of uncertainty, and whose vulnerability has rendered him a gaze so keen that it divines easi… Mehr…

Subtle and haunting, Noon is the story of Rehan Tabassum, a young man who has seen a childhood of uncertainty, and whose vulnerability has rendered him a gaze so keen that it divines easily the shifts around him: his mother and her new husband, the emergence of a dazzling new India, the retreat of the old, muted order of dust and shortages, and the swell of a suppressed people. In this uncompromising yet unexpectedly tender third book, Aatish Taseer maps a difficult period in India and Pakistan, a period of deep upheavals, whose true direction is elusive. By presenting Rehan s journey through lands of sudden wealth and hidden violence, in an atmosphere of political quicksand and moral danger, Taseer brings us into closer contact with a world experiencing convulsive change. Stark, brave, and absolutely compelling, Noon confirms Aatish Taseer as a writer of emotional acuity and great intellectual gift. contemporary,fiction,literary,literature and fiction,world literature Literature & Fiction, HarperCollins<

ISBN: 9789350291634

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