Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan - Couverture rigide

Kamal, Soniah

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0749024410 ISBN 13 : 9780749024413

Editeur : Allison & Busby, 2019

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"This sumptuous book is so refreshingly relatable to young Asian women today ... A compelling story about marriage, class and sisterhood" Asian Image

"This inventive retelling of Pride and Prejudice charms" People

"A witty delight that will leave you wishing for more" New York Journal of Books

"Endearing ... Kamal's story seems to have all the ingredients that make Pride and Prejudice's retelling an exciting, dramatic and fun South Asian adaptation complete with big, fat desi weddings, modern Pakistani women, affluent bachelors and the unrelenting quest for love" Forbes

"As with Austen, whose books could be read as fun and simple romances or acerbic examinations of class and women's choices (and lack thereof), Kamal's Unmarriageable succeeds in being both a deliciously readable romantic comedy and a commentary on class in post-colonial, post-partition Pakistan, where the effects of the British Empire still reverberate ... Both a fun, page-turning romp and a thought-provoking look at the class-obsessed strata of Pakistani society" NPR --.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when a family's fortune is destroyed by scandal and rumour, they must look to their daughters to marry well. Alys Binat, however, loves life as it is: teaching English literature and encouraging her female students to aspire to more than society expects of them. She is resolute: she will not marry. However, her mother thinks differently and when the family receive an invite to a big wedding, Mrs Binat immediately coaches her daughters to snag rich, eligible bachelors. There, Alys's eldest sister, Jena, catches the eye of Fahad `Bungles' Bingla, a successful entrepreneur, but Alys is irked when she overhears Bungles' friend Valentine Darsee's snobbish assessment of her. As the festivities unfold, the Binats hold their breath, waiting to see if Bungles will propose. And Alys realises that Darsee's apparent rudeness and contempt may conceal a different man from the one she first judged him to be. An essential guide to marriage, class and sisterhood in modern-day Pakistan.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Allison & Busby
• Date d'édition: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0749024410
• ISBN 13: 9780749024413
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 384