Zaitoon, an orphan, is adopted by Qasim, who has left the isolated hill town where he was born and made a home for the two of them in the glittering, decadent city of Lahore. As the years pass Qasim makes a fortune but grows increasingly nostalgic about his life in the mountains. Impulsively, he promises Zaitoon in marriage to a man of his tribe. But for Zaitoon, giving up the civilized city life she remembers to become the bride of this hard, inscrutable husband proves traumatic to the point where she decides to run away, though she knows that by the tribal code the punishment for such an act is death. This is a novel on women, tribals and contemporary politics.
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'...at a breathless pace [Sidhwa] weaves her exotic cliffhanger from passion, power, lust, sensuality, cruelty and murder.' -- Financial Times
'Bapsi Sidhwa is a powerful and dramatic novelist who knows how to flesh out a story.' -- London Times
'Sidhwa writes with the same vivacity that made the author's first novel, 'The Crow Eaters' so memorable.' -- Telegraph
'Bapsi Sidhwa is a powerful and dramatic novelist who knows how to flesh out a story.' -- London Times
'Sidhwa writes with the same vivacity that made the author's first novel, 'The Crow Eaters' so memorable.' -- Telegraph
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Great fiction with just enough amount of history!,
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Bapsi Sidhwa is an extraordinary writer. She seems to capture the essence of culture and tradition within Pakistan.The characters are well formed and the author follows this journey quite well with a mesh of "why" for the unanswered cultural questions. This is a part of the world that evokes great ambivalence for me the reader, because I want to criticize the abuse of women and can't seem to understand why they don't run away. Sidhwa anticipates this feeling and tries to resolve it in her novel.
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Great reading,
By Hei MuDan (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Pakistani Bride: A Novel (Paperback)
This was a wonderful book. it made me laugh anc made me cry. The author has the ability to make feel as though you are there. It also makes you aware that in some parts of the world women are still treated very poorly. This book is written as fiction but as someone who has traveled I see much truth here.
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fabulous book!,
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This is one of the best books I have read in years. It is a fascinating story as well as a page turner. I couldn't put it down.
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