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It is the sunset of the Mughal Empire. The splendour of imperial Delhi flares one last time. The young daughter of a local craftsman elopes with an officer working in the East India Company... At the heart of this novel is the story of Wazir Khanam, a dazzlingly beautiful and fiercely independent woman who has a series of lovers, including a Navab and a Mughal prince. For future generations, Wazir will be known as the mother of the famous poet Dagh, but this isn't a novel about just one life. Rather, it captures, in gorgeous detail, an entire civilisation. Beginning with the story of gifted painter in a village near Kishangarh, The Mirror of Beauty sweeps through the arid deserts of Rajputana, winds down the valleys of Kashmir and, finally, brings the glorious metropolis of Delhi to life. Studded with traditional crafts, scintillating musical performances and recurring portraits of mysterious and alluring women, this is a sumptuous novel of extraordinary ambition. In beguiling language, the author takes readers to the very heart of a profoundly beautiful, lost culture.
Biographie de l'auteur :
Writing in Urdu, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi is both a novelist and a critic. He was editor and publisher of the highly regarded literary journal Shabkhoon, and is the author of a landmark four-volume study of the poet Mir Taqi Mir, and another four-volume work on Urdu's immense oral romance, Dastan-e Amir Hamza. He received the prestigious Saraswati Samman in 1996 for his contribution to Urdu literature. The Mirror of Beauty is his first novel.
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- ÉditeurPenguin USA
- Date d'édition2013
- ISBN 10 0670086754
- ISBN 13 9780670086757
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages984
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