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MIDNIGHT PEARL

by Acacia Rose ...

British War correspondent Edward Thompson travels to India after the murder of General O’Dwyer in London. Edward’s journey takes him to Amritsar to visit Jalllianwala Bagh the site of the 1919 massacre and then to Lahore where he witnesses the birth of a new nation. In Karachi, Edward meets in real life “Midnight Pearl” the woman who appears to him in visions and dreams throughout his sojourn on ... Read more

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British War correspondent Edward Thompson travels to India after the murder of General O’Dwyer in London. Edward’s journey takes him to Amritsar to visit Jalllianwala Bagh the site of the 1919 massacre and then to Lahore where he witnesses the birth of a new nation. In Karachi, Edward meets in real life “Midnight Pearl” the woman who appears to him in visions and dreams throughout his sojourn on
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THREATENED RIVER

by ACACIA ROSE, JEREMY SMART ...

Melbourne high school student Tom finds himself thrown into a world of adventure and intrigue as he escapes to the Snowy Mountains with illegal Irish immigrant, Sean. The pair settle on a friend’s farm at Dalgety near the Snowy River and begin a journey of recovery from their pasts. Tom meets Cassandra who is passionate about the health of the Snowy River and the mountains. Together they break in ... Read more

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Melbourne high school student Tom finds himself thrown into a world of adventure and intrigue as he escapes to the Snowy Mountains with illegal Irish immigrant, Sean. The pair settle on a friend’s farm at Dalgety near the Snowy River and begin a journey of recovery from their pasts. Tom meets Cassandra who is passionate about the health of the Snowy River and the mountains. Together they break in
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Midnight's Children

A Novel

by Salman Rushdie ...

Winner of the Booker prize and twice winner of the Booker of Bookers, Midnight's Children is "one of the most important books to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation" (New York Review of Books). Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the original publication--with a new introduction from the author--Salman Rushdie's widely acclaimed novel is a masterpiece in literature.Saleem ... Read more

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Winner of the Booker prize and twice winner of the Booker of Bookers, Midnight's Children is "one of the most important books to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation" (New York Review of Books). Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the original publication--with a new introduction from the author--Salman Rushdie's widely acclaimed novel is a masterpiece in literature.Saleem
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The Assassin's Song

by M.G. Vassanji ...

M.G. Vassanji’s magnificent new novel provides further proof of his unique, wide ranging and profound genius. The Assassin’s Songis a shining study of the conflict between ancient loyalties and modern desires, a conflict that creates turmoil the world over – and it is at once an intimate portrait of one man’s painful struggle to hold the earthly and the spiritual in balance.In The Assassin’s Song ... Read more

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M.G. Vassanji’s magnificent new novel provides further proof of his unique, wide ranging and profound genius. The Assassin’s Songis a shining study of the conflict between ancient loyalties and modern desires, a conflict that creates turmoil the world over – and it is at once an intimate portrait of one man’s painful struggle to hold the earthly and the spiritual in balance.In The Assassin’s Song
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City of Djinns

by William Dalrymple ...

‘Could you show me a djinn?’ I asked. ‘Certainly,’ replied the Sufi. ‘But you would run away.’From the author of the Samuel Johnson Prize-shortlisted ‘The Return of a King’, this is William Dalrymple’s captivating memoir of a year spent in Delhi, a city watched over and protected by the mischievous invisible djinns. Lodging with the beady-eyed Mrs Puri and encountering an extraordinary array of ... Read more

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‘Could you show me a djinn?’ I asked. ‘Certainly,’ replied the Sufi. ‘But you would run away.’From the author of the Samuel Johnson Prize-shortlisted ‘The Return of a King’, this is William Dalrymple’s captivating memoir of a year spent in Delhi, a city watched over and protected by the mischievous invisible djinns. Lodging with the beady-eyed Mrs Puri and encountering an extraordinary array of
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Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?

by Anita Rau Badami ...

Longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardAnita Rau Badami's acclaimed novel Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? chronicles the stories of three women, linked in love and tragedy, over a span of fifty years, sweeping from the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 to the explosion of Air India flight 182 off the coast of Ireland in 1985. Alive with Badami's warmth and humanity, and brimming with ... Read more

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Longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardAnita Rau Badami's acclaimed novel Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? chronicles the stories of three women, linked in love and tragedy, over a span of fifty years, sweeping from the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 to the explosion of Air India flight 182 off the coast of Ireland in 1985. Alive with Badami's warmth and humanity, and brimming with
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English Lessons and Other Stories

by Shauna Singh Baldwin ...

Winner, CBC Canadian Literary Award and Friends of American Writers AwardThe new reader's guide edition of Shauna Singh Baldwin's literary debut features the fifteen stories from the original collection, an interview with the author, an original afterword, and her suggested reading list. When Shauna Singh Baldwin's debut collection was first published in 1996, it took readers by storm. Reviewers ... Read more

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Winner, CBC Canadian Literary Award and Friends of American Writers AwardThe new reader's guide edition of Shauna Singh Baldwin's literary debut features the fifteen stories from the original collection, an interview with the author, an original afterword, and her suggested reading list. When Shauna Singh Baldwin's debut collection was first published in 1996, it took readers by storm. Reviewers
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Kahani

Short Stories by Pakistani Women

by Aamer Hussein ...

Pakistan's finest women writers – Jamila Hasmi, Mumtaz Shirin and Fahmida Riaz among others – introduce us to the compelling cadences of rich literary culture. A naive peasant is left with a white man's baby; a frustrated housewife slashes her husband's silk pyjamas; a middle-class housewife sees visions of salvation in the tricks of circus animals… Equally at ease with polemic and lyricism, these ... Read more

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Pakistan's finest women writers – Jamila Hasmi, Mumtaz Shirin and Fahmida Riaz among others – introduce us to the compelling cadences of rich literary culture. A naive peasant is left with a white man's baby; a frustrated housewife slashes her husband's silk pyjamas; a middle-class housewife sees visions of salvation in the tricks of circus animals… Equally at ease with polemic and lyricism, these
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The Crooked Line

by Ismat Chughtai, Tahira Naqvi ...

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A young Indian woman searches for her own identity as her country fights for independence in this novel from the award-winning Urdu Indian author.The Crooked Line is the story of Shamman, a spirited young woman who rebels against the traditional Indian life of purdah, or female seclusion, that she and her sisters are raised in. Shipped off to boarding school by her family, Shamman grows into a ... Read more

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A young Indian woman searches for her own identity as her country fights for independence in this novel from the award-winning Urdu Indian author.The Crooked Line is the story of Shamman, a spirited young woman who rebels against the traditional Indian life of purdah, or female seclusion, that she and her sisters are raised in. Shipped off to boarding school by her family, Shamman grows into a
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The Moon in the Water

by Ameena Hussein ...

Ameena Hussein sets her story within Sri Lanka’s closely guarded Muslim community, offering little known insights into customs and traditions. THE MOON IN THE WATER is the story of an educated, urbane, sophisticated Muslim girl whose secure and happy world is shaken when she discovers on her adoptive father’s death that Islam does not recognize the legality of adoption. Embarking on a quest for ... Read more

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Ameena Hussein sets her story within Sri Lanka’s closely guarded Muslim community, offering little known insights into customs and traditions. THE MOON IN THE WATER is the story of an educated, urbane, sophisticated Muslim girl whose secure and happy world is shaken when she discovers on her adoptive father’s death that Islam does not recognize the legality of adoption. Embarking on a quest for
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Difficult Daughters

by Manju Kapur ...

Set around the time of Partition and written with absorbing intelligence and sympathy, Difficult Daughters is the story of a young woman torn between the desire for education and the lure of illicit love.' Difficult Daughters is intensely imagined, fluidly written, moving. Through our struggles with our parents, it flings us into their own momentous times, their youthful yearnings for love and ... Read more

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Set around the time of Partition and written with absorbing intelligence and sympathy, Difficult Daughters is the story of a young woman torn between the desire for education and the lure of illicit love.' Difficult Daughters is intensely imagined, fluidly written, moving. Through our struggles with our parents, it flings us into their own momentous times, their youthful yearnings for love and
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Leela's Book

by Alice Albinia ...

Leela - alluring, taciturn, haunted - is moving back to Delhi after years of exile in New York. She knows her return will disrupt precariously balanced lives. Twenty years ago her sister Meera died, taking a devastating secret with her. Now, as the family gathers for a wedding, Leela must sift truth from fiction.Meanwhile the bride's father plots political conquest, the groom realises that he has ... Read more

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Leela - alluring, taciturn, haunted - is moving back to Delhi after years of exile in New York. She knows her return will disrupt precariously balanced lives. Twenty years ago her sister Meera died, taking a devastating secret with her. Now, as the family gathers for a wedding, Leela must sift truth from fiction.Meanwhile the bride's father plots political conquest, the groom realises that he has
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