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The tale of the missing man, a novel, Manzoor Ahtesham ; translated from the Hindi by Jason Grunebaum and Ulrike Stark

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The tale of the missing man, a novel, Manzoor Ahtesham ; translated from the Hindi by Jason Grunebaum and Ulrike Stark
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The tale of the missing man
Oclc number
1007082686
Responsibility statement
Manzoor Ahtesham ; translated from the Hindi by Jason Grunebaum and Ulrike Stark
Sub title
a novel
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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