The Paradise of Food
Winner of JCB Prize for Literature 2022' A landmark Urdu classic translated for the first time Khalid Jawed is one of the most original and extraordinary writers in Urdu today. The Paradise of Food is an Urdu classic known for its radical, experimental form and savage and dark honesty. It tells the story of a middle-class Muslim joint family over a span of fifty years. As India – and Islamic culture – hardens, the narrator, whose life we follow from boyhood to old age, struggles to find a place for himself, at odds in his home and in the world outside.
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The Paradise of Food
Winner of JCB Prize for Literature 2022' A landmark Urdu classic translated for the first time Khalid Jawed is one of the most original and extraordinary writers in Urdu today. The Paradise of Food is an Urdu classic known for its radical, experimental form and savage and dark honesty. It tells the story of a middle-class Muslim joint family over a span of fifty years. As India – and Islamic culture – hardens, the narrator, whose life we follow from boyhood to old age, struggles to find a place for himself, at odds in his home and in the world outside.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789393986474 |
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| Publisher: | Juggernaut Publication India |
| Publication date: | 02/01/2023 |
| Pages: | 424 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |
| Language: | Urdu |
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