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SUBTLE AND HAUNTING, NOON IS THE STORY OF REHAN TABASSUM, A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS SEEN A CHILDHOOD OF UNCERTAINTY, AND WHOSE VULNERABILITY HAS RENDERED HIM A GAZE SO KEEN THAT IT DIVINES EASILY THE SHIFTS AROUND HIM: HIS MOTHER AND HER NEW HUSBAND, THE EMERGENCE OF A DAZZLING NEW INDIA, THE RETREAT OF THE OLD, MUTED ORDER OF DUST AND SHORTAGES, AND THE SWELL OF A SUPPRESSED PEOPLE. IN THIS UNCOMPROMISING YET UNEXPECTEDLY TENDER THIRD BOOK, AATISH TASEER MAPS A DIFFICULT PERIOD IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, A PERIOD OF DEEP UPHEAVALS, WHOSE TRUE DIRECTION IS ELUSIVE. BY PRESENTING REHAN\ S JOURNEY THROUGH LANDS OF SUDDEN WEALTH AND HIDDEN VIOLENCE, IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF POLITICAL QUICKSAND AND MORAL DANGER, TASEER BRINGS US INTO CLOSER CONTACT WITH A WORLD EXPERIENCING CONVULSIVE CHANGE. STARK, BRAVE, AND ABSOLUTELY COMPELLING, NOON CONFIRMS AATISH TASEER AS A WRITER OF EMOTIONAL ACUITY AND GREAT INTELLECTUAL GIFT.
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- PublisherHarperCollins India
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 9350291630
- ISBN 13 9789350291634
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages248
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Pbk. Subtle and haunting Noon is the story of Rehan Tabassum a young man who has seen a childhood of uncertainty and whose vulnerability has rendered him a gaze so keen that it divines easily the shifts around him his mother and her new husband the emergence of a dazzling new India the retreat of the old muted order of dust and shortages and the swell of a suppressed peopleIn this uncompromising yet unexpectedly tender third book Aatish Taseer maps a difficult period in India and Pakistan a period of deep upheavals whose true direction is elusive By presenting Rehans journey through lands of sudden wealth and hidden violence in an atmosphere of political quicksand and moral danger Taseer brings us into closer contact with a world experiencing convulsive changeStark brave and absolutely compelling Noon confirms Aatish Taseer as a writer of emotional acuity and great intellectual gift 248 pp. Seller Inventory # 102034
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