Asghar and Zahra
a john murray original
$49.66
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
10 June 2019
Summary
Asghar and Zahra: A Marriage of Worlds
Childhood friends Asghar and Zahra were born into the same British Muslim community in west London. But they grow up into very different people. Asghar is a shy boy nervous of stepping outside his family’s comfort zone, while Zahra is an ambitious woman who has just finished her degree at Cambridge.
The novel opens on their wedding day as friends and family wonder what could possibly have brought this odd couple together. After a comica…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473697225 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473697220 |
| Author: | Sameer Rahim |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | JM Originals |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 10 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 136mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
A wonderful achievement; an invigorating reminder of the power fiction has to challenge lazy stereotypes, and stretch the reader’s heart - Guardian
A searching and funny debut novel … elegant, provocative and clear-eyed - Daily TelegraphA sparkling debut … a novel of charm and compassion - New StatesmanA tragicomic account of a doomed marriage … Rahim’s wit propels the novel. Asghar and Zahrasends up everything from piety to quintessential ‘Englishness’ and casual Islamophobia - Literary ReviewA fascinating read - Mail on SundayZahra is running away from her past, and good girls don’t have pasts. Sameer Rahim shows the differences between them with wit and tenderness, and a wry lemon-twist of satire - The TimesOne of the most powerful ideas in the novel, which Rahim handles with great deftness and emotional subtlety, is how Muslim women themselves can act as transmitters of honour culture, even while they rail against it and depict Muslim men as its primary upholders and beneficiaries - TLSFunny and wise, and beautifully written - New Statesman, Books of the YearAbout The Author
Sameer Rahim
Sameer Rahim was born and lives in London. After reading English at Cambridge, he worked at the London Review of Books then the Daily Telegraph, becoming Deputy Review Editor. He is now Managing Editor of Prospect magazine, and has also written for the New York Times, the New Statesman and Apollo. Asghar and Zahra is his first novel.
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