The crow eaters
By: Bapsi Sidhwa ; with a foreword by Fatima Bhutto
Publisher: Daunt Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781907970610
Copyright date: 1978
Subjects: Fiction
Description: Seeking capitalist ventures and fortune, Faredoon 'Freddy' Junglewalla moves his family - his pregnant wife, children and belligerent mother-in-law - from their ancestral village in rural India to the bustling metropolis of Lahore. Welcomed by the small but tight-knit Parsi community, Freddy establishes a booming business and his family soon become one of the most respected in Lahore. It seems that the only thing holding Freddy back is his sizeable and burdensome mother-in-law. As his family grows, and events - funny, tragic and life-changing - occur, Freddy's reach permeates the wider country and an intricate portrait of colonial India is revealed. But when tragedy forces Freddy to rethink his legacy, intimations of historic change loom on the country's horizon. Wickedly funny and searingly honest, The Crow Eaters is a vibrant portrait of a Parsi family taking its place in colonial India on the brink of the 20th century, from one of Pakistan's best-loved and finest novelists.