- Fiction, Sufis, Literature, Fiction, historical
In the aftermath of the brutal violence that gripped western India in 2002, Karsan Dargawalla, heir to Pirbaag -- the shrine of a mysterious, medieval sufi -- begins to tell the story of his family.
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Grave, earnest, prestige and contemplative.
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- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- M. G. Vassanji, Moyez Vassanji
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 313
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Canongate Books, Doubleday Canada
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780307513557
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