The Pakistani bride / Bapsi Sidhwa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sidhwa, Bapsi.

Standardized Title:

Bride

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orphans--Fiction.

Orphans.

Women--Pakistan--Fiction.

Women.

Culture conflict--Fiction.

Culture conflict.

Himalaya Mountains Region--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Himalaya Mountains Region.

Pakistan--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Pakistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Milkweed Editions, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As a youth, Qasim leaves his tribal village in the remote Himalayas for the plains. Caught up in the strife surrounding the creation of Pakistan, he takes an orphaned girl for his daughter and brings her to the bustling, decadent city of Lahore. Amid the pungent bazaars and crowded streets, Qasim makes his fortune and a home for the two of them. As the years pass, Qasim grows nostalgic about his life in the mountains while his hopelessly romantic teenage daughter, Zaitoon, imagines Qasim's homeland as a region of tall, kindly men who roam the Himalayas like gods. Impulsively, Qasim promis

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-57131-904-2

OCLC:

823388319