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Kamleshwar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143063707 ISBN 13: 9780143063704

Publisher: Penguin Books India, 2008

Synopsis

Kamleshwars kitne pakistan enjoys cult status as a novel that dared to ask crucial questions about the making and writing of history with indias partition in 1947 as its reference point, the novel presents a limitless canvas against which the most extraordinary trial in the history of mankind runs its course present in a court that transcends space and time are mughal emperors babar and aurangzeb, spanish adventurer hernando cortez, lord mountbatten, adolf * and saddam hussein along with political leaders, religious zealots and scheming gods of mythology, they stand accused of creating countless fractured nations, leaving a never-ending trail of hatred and distrust the arbiter for suffering humanity is an unnamed adeeb or littrateur who must sift through the testimony of casualties from the killing fields of injustice at home and abroad, ranging from kurukshetra to kargil, hiroshima to bosnia as recorded history unravels to reveal the sinister realities that lie beneath, t

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Books India
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143063707
• ISBN 13: 9780143063704
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384