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Author Yousufi, Mushtaq Ahmad, 1923- author.

Title Mirages of the mind / Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi ; translated by Matt Reeck and Aftab Ahmad.

Publication Info. New York : New Directions Books, [2015]
©2015.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1645730~S1
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Description xx, 483 pages ; 21 cm.
Summary Basharat and his family are Indian Muslims who have relocated to Pakistan, but who remain deeply steeped in the nostalgia of pre-Partition life in India. Through absurd anecdotes and unforgettable biographical sketches which hide the deeper unease and sorrow of the family's journey from Kanpur to Karachi Basharet emerges as a wise fool, and the host of this unique sketch comedy. From humorous scenes in colonial north India, to the heartbreak and homesickness of post-colonial life in Pakistan, the novel forms an authentic portrait of life among South Asia's Urdu speakers.
Language Translated from the Urdu.
Subject Families -- India -- Fiction.
Muslims -- India -- Fiction.
Voyages and travels -- Fiction.
India -- Fiction.
Pakistan -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
Added Author Reeck, Matt, translator.
Ahmad, Aftab (Translator), translator.
Added Title Ab-i gum. English.
ISBN 9780811224130 (pbk.)
0811224139 (pbk.)
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