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Synopsis
A sack of letters lost in a train crash 19 years before has mysteriously reappeared, and the inhabitants of a little town in Pakistan are waiting to see what long-buried secrets will come to light. Could the letters have any bearing on Judge Anwar's murder?
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Nadeem Aslam is a writer of Pakistani origin now living in the United Kingdom.
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A corrupt and powerful judge in a small Pakistani village is killed and, in a seemingly unrelated event, a sack of letters thought to have disappeared 19 years earlier in a train wreck is belatedly headed toward the same village. The letters and the judge's death bring about a series of tragic events that Aslam, a skillful and highly confident first-novelist, uses to explore the tensions between a traditional Islamic way of life and the secular world. In the following 11 days, as the murder investigation progresses--and as it becomes clear that many powerful people would like the letters simply to vanish--darker, personal tales of passion and betrayal unfold. Aslam segues between various characters: the judge's family; a fundamentalist cleric worried by the transgressions of the local inhabitants and their desire for modern luxuries; the deputy commissioner, who is brazenly involved with a Christian woman; a ruthless, cynical landholder; a crusading journalist reporting on the delivery of the mail packet; and others. When national politics intrude--the president, closely modeled on General Zia, is almost assassinated--the journalist disappears and the whole story comes to a head. Aslam, who was born in Pakistan and now lives in England, lovingly explores the daily rhythms and beauties of the Islamic life of his youth, while providing insight into the turbulent modern history of his native land.
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- PublisherAndre Deutsch Ltd
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0233988122
- ISBN 13 9780233988122
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages196
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