تاريخ النشر: 01/08/2002
الناشر: دار الساقي للطباعة والنشر
نبذة الناشر:Here is a collection of stories of quest and resilience, responding to the striving for identity and self esteem in a multi-layered Muslim society, turning deep anguish into energy that flows like a gentle stream. In Hussein's work, one rediscovers the sensuous pleasure of reading. He chooses to write with ...the sensitivity of a poet, and turns words into luminous metaphors, surprising the reader, reminding us that the English language can be, in fact, very beautiful.
Direct and startlingly intimate, Hussein's stories are set in troubled times-in karachi, Lahore and london-amid war, partition and military rule, the anticipation and anxiety of changing homes or cities the mixed blessings of family life, the hopes and failures of love and work.
Turquoise illuminates the passions and fears of a world mord complex and more beautiful than the media images of Islam and pakistan convey. إقرأ المزيد