Description
A sweeping, character-driven novel of empire and aftermath, this story follows Naim, a peasant’s son whose early faith in the British Raj is shattered by the brutal costs of war and the political awakening that follows. Returning to his village, he moves through shifting loyalties and rising nationalist currents, only to find that the struggle for freedom carries its own forms of imprisonment, loss, and moral reckoning. Set against the widening tensions that culminate in Partition, the book explores how love and belonging are tested when social worlds collide and history refuses to stay in the background. Translated from the author’s original Urdu, Abdullah Hussein’s distinctive, emotionally lucid style turns personal endurance into a broader meditation on colonial power, identity, and the weary generations shaped by them.
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paperback
UNESCO
Published Jan 1, 1999
334 pages
ISBN: 9789231035098
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First Published
1999
Language
eng
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