The tale of the missing man : a novel /
A refreshingly playful novel, it explores modern Muslim life in the wake of the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan. Zamir Ahmad Khan suffers from a mix of alienation, guilt and postmodern anxiety that defies diagnosis. His wife abandons him to his reflections about his childhood, writing, ill-fate...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Text in English ; translated from Hindi. |
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Evanston, Illinois :
Northwestern University Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | A refreshingly playful novel, it explores modern Muslim life in the wake of the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan. Zamir Ahmad Khan suffers from a mix of alienation, guilt and postmodern anxiety that defies diagnosis. His wife abandons him to his reflections about his childhood, writing, ill-fated affairs and his hometown, Bhopal, as he attempts to unravel the lies that brought him to his current state, while weaving new ones. |
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| Physical Description: | 265 pages ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780810137585 0810137585 9780810137592 0810137593 |