The House of Bilqis Hardcover - 2009
by Abidi, Azhar
- Used
- Hardcover
A haunting novel about a motherand son and the emotionalconsequences of leaving home
Bilqis Ara Begum, an aristocratic widow, is dismayedwhen her only son, Samad, marries Kate, anAustralian girl, and settles in Melbourne rather thanreturning home to Pakistan. Though Samad attemptsto persuade his mother to join them in Australia, sheinsists on remaining in Karachi even while Pakistan isfacing turmoil. It's 1985. The mullahs and the generalsare in control, and an insurgency is beginning inKashmir. Meanwhile, Bilqis's servant girl, Mumtaz,enters a relationship with Omar, a young man caringfor a neighboring house. Omar is an intense manwho resents Pakistan's class system, and his frustrationleads him to the freedom movement in Kashmir. ButMumtaz is in love and willing to sacrifice her honor tobe with him.
The intertwining stories of Bilqis, Samad, andMumtaz offer a powerful and nuanced portrait ofPakistan in the modern era-a place of conflictingloyalties, rich with history and culture, and plagued byviolence. Abidi's precise and elegant prose illuminatesthe struggle between a mother and son to reconciletheir love for each other with their love for home.
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- Title The House of Bilqis
- Author Abidi, Azhar
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st
- Condition New
- Pages 215
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Books
- Date 2009
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0670019410I2N10
- ISBN 9780670019410 / 0670019410
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.6 x 5.92 x 0.83 in (21.84 x 15.04 x 2.11 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Mothers and sons
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008029021
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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