Synopsis
Set in 1970s and '80s Pakistan, a young math whiz called Noman writes pseudoscience for his father's cohort of religious extremists while secretly gravitating toward a diehard evolutionist and his adventurous granddaughter, Amal. As faith and reason fatally collide, Amal's blind younger sister, Mehwish, tries to decipher a world she cannot see but understands better than most. Khan's urgent defense of free thought and action-often galvanized by strong-minded, sensuous women-courses through every page of this gorgeously complex book; but what really draws the reader in is the way Mehwish taste-tests the words she hears, as if they were pieces of fruit, and probes the meaning of human connection in a culture of intolerance, but also of stubborn hope.
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À propos de l'auteur
UZMA ASLAM KHAN grew up in Karachi, and since 1998, until very recently, had been living in Lahore, Pakistan. She is the author of Tresspassing (shortlisted for the commonwealth Writers Prize). She has taught English language and literature in the US, Morocco and Pakistan, and has contributed to a number of publications including Counterpunch, The Drawbridge, and various anthologies. She is currently teaching at the University of Hawai'i.
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