Four Dervishes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rind, Hammad.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle East--Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : Seren, 2021.

Summary:

"...arrives like the brightest comet, a dazzling work of art full of invention, playfulness and Chaucerian tale-telling, by fakirs in a far-off cemetery.Their ornate stories are full of Mughals and caliphs, old kings and city black-outs. This heady, compelling fusion of cultures - East meeting West - complete with social satire is a remarkable debut. Easily the most remarkable work of fiction to come out of Wales in a thousand moons." - Jon Gower "Four Dervishes is a fascinating adaptation of a medieval classic spun into a satirical and magical realist novel about our times." - Tabish KhairOne monsoon night, a power cut forces a man full of disappointments on to the streets of the town. Sheltering in a cemetery he comes across four others - a grave digger, an aristocrat, an honourable criminal and a messiah - each with a past, and with a story to tell. Crimes have been committed, dark family secrets revealed, fortunes rise and fall, the varieties of love are explored, and new selves are discovered in a rich round of storytelling. And as the Disappointed Man discovers, a new story is about to begin...Four Dervishes draws on a long tradition of storytelling as it skewers issues like religious bigotry, injustice, the denial of women's rights, and class division. Lavishly inventive, verbally rich, an exotic confection, this novel is both darkly thematic and humorously playful.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Dedication

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

1. A Hairy Beginning

2. Three Falling Mughals

3. Our Lady of the Golden Nose

4. Verdi and Djinns

5. Leila's Knees

6. Mrs Kennedy and the Camel-man

7. A Billet Doux to a Comely Knee

8. A Saviour is Born

9. One More Bird!

10. The Boy with a Lazy Eye

11. Amongst the Blind

12. In which Figaro makes a cameo appearance

13. Zoltan's Flying Circus

14. Crawlin' King Snake 171

15. A Matter of Honour

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78172-632-9

OCLC:

1281983627