The Sin of Killing (Paperback)
Jamaluddin Jamali
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Add to basketPaperback. He loves a girl, and she also loves him, but then she disappears, scared by his family's past. Now she doesn't want to marry him. A blast has exposed his family's hidden past, and she has seen its terrible face. 'I cannot carry the burden of your legacy, ' she says, and adds, 'I'm sorry, Ahsen.' The Sin of Killing: The Dance of Changing Winds takes you inside Pakistan, into its hidden backyard and shows how sometimes divorced women and young widows get locked up in the open-air prisons of the society with limited chances of escape, and how lovers are killed by the families only for being lovers. Ahsen is making new memories to forget his past. His aunt and her daughter are also doing the same. They are a family, three souls in one body living together. Now his aunt is in America with her daughter. Ahsen is waiting for her return. He has news for her which can stop her heartbeat. Battling with the hidden past of his family, he wonders whether it will be right or wrong to give her the news. He loves her. She is his good second mother. His Aunt. He has been protecting her happiness by keeping her in the dark about a few things linked to her past. He has been battling with his family's legacy all alone. He loves his ex-classmate and wants to marry her. But now a blast has exploded his secret substructure, and everything is scattered around him, even his love. On the heap of so many things. Like questions. Nothing is in place anymore. Darkness has covered him from all sides like a blanket. The sins of his family have become his sins and he can't even say that he has nothing to do with anything. A tale of mismatched stars, finding new stars for living their lives, taking new start again and again. For happiness or escape. A tale of love, loyalty, betrayal, redemption, and new beginnings. It is literary fiction. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Our past is chasing us. We are on the run. It reaches everything with us. We can't beat it. Nor can we argue with it. It is such a big monster.
The Sin of Killing: The Dance of Changing Winds takes you inside Pakistan, into its hidden backyard and shows how sometimes divorced women and young widows get locked up in the open-air prisons of the society with limited chances of escape, and how lovers are killed by the families only for being lovers.
Ahsen is making new memories to forget his past. His aunt and her daughter are also doing the same. They are a family, three souls in one body living together. Young and beautiful Salma is celebrating the fifth birthday of her daughter in Lahore. Her husband looks a little upset because of something, even then everything appears fine until a mad moment comes and everything ends. Now she is in America with her daughter. Ahsen is waiting for her return. He has news for her which can stop her heartbeat. Battling with the hidden past of his family, he wonders whether it will be right or wrong to give her the news. He loves her. She is his good second mother. His Aunt. He has been protecting her happiness by keeping her in the dark about a few things linked to her past. He has been battling with his family's legacy all alone. He loves his ex-classmate and wants to marry her. But now a blast has exploded his secret substructure, and everything is scattered around him, even his love. On the heap of so many things. Like questions. Nothing is in place anymore. The girl whom he loved has gone. She has become a memory. Light has gone from his life. Darkness has covered him from all sides like a blanket. The sins of his family have become his sins and he can't even say that he has nothing to do with anything. He has been the silent partner in the crimes committed by his elders. A tale of mismatched stars, finding new stars for living their lives, taking new start again and again. For happiness or escape. A tale of love, loyalty, betrayal, redemption, and new beginnings. It is literary fiction.
Jamaluddin Jamali is a journalist and writer based in Lahore, Pakistan. Writing is not a pastime for him; it is a passion, and you can easily see it in his writing. Check out his novel The Sin of Killing, a multi-layered tale of a Pakistani woman and two children battling against the darkness surrounding their lives.
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