The Tale of the Missing Man
A Novel
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2018.
Format: Book
Description: 265 pages ; 23 cm
A refreshingly playful novel, it explores modern Muslim life in the wake of the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan. Zamir Ahmad Khan suffers from a mix of alienation, guilt, and postmodern anxiety that defies diagnosis. His wife abandons him to his reflections about his childhood, writing, ill-fated affairs, and his hometown, Bhopal, as he attempts to unravel the lies that brought him to his current state (while weaving new ones).
Subjects:
Muslims -- India -- Bhopal -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Bhopal (India) -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Muslims -- India -- Bhopal -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Bhopal (India) -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780810137585
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Text in English translated from Hindi.
Winner of the Global Humanities Translation Prize.
Winner of the Global Humanities Translation Prize.