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- Title
- The Loomed Legends Part 1
- Author
- Asim Qureshi
- Publisher
- Asim Qureshi
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 6279475727
- ISBN 13
- 9786279475725
- Item weight
- 159 grams
The novel unfolds across seven cities—Lahore, Lucknow, New Delhi, Karachi, Mumbai, Islamabad and Dubai—navigating the interconnected worlds of South Asia and its diaspora. Its characters move through ateliers and textile houses, family estates and bustling urban centers, inhabiting spaces where culture and commerce meet.
Fashion becomes the novel's central metaphor. Patterns, looms, and the delicate work of restoration mirror the fragility and resilience of culture itself, inherited, threatened, and capable of being made whole again. Through this extended symbolism, Qureshi moves beyond the conventions of genre romance into richer literary terrain, linking the intimacies of individual lives to the weight of shared history.
Since its publication, The Forgotten Tapestry has been embraced by readers and institutions alike. In the United Kingdom, it is available at Waterstones, Foyles, Hatchards, and Blackwell's—bookstores long associated with literary discernment. In the United States, it has appeared in over 150 independent bookstores, including Powell's, Politics & Prose, and the Harvard Book Store, as well as at Barnes & Noble nationally. The novel is also held by the New York Public Library, the Berkeley University Library System, the MIT Press Bookstore, and other academic institutions.
Internationally, recognition extends to the Qatar National Library, the King Abdulaziz Center (Ithra) Library, major German municipal libraries, and the iconic Boekhandel Dominicanen in the Netherlands.
For an independent debut, this reach across literary, academic, and cultural institutions suggests both substance and staying power. It is the kind of adoption that reflects not marketing volume, but genuine resonance.
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About the Author
Asim Qureshi is a distinguished media entrepreneur and cultural bridge-builder who has spent decades at the intersection of entertainment, fashion and international collaboration. Throughout his career, he has orchestrated groundbreaking cross-cultural initiatives that have shaped the landscape of South Asian media and fashion.
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