Mirages of the mind
By: Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi ; translated from the Urdu by Matt Reeck and Aftab Ahmad
Contributors: Reeck, Matt, translator; Ahmad, Aftab (Translator), translator
Series: New Directions paperbook -- 1310; New Directions paperbook -- 1310.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9780811224130
Subjects: Muslims; Partition of India (1947) fast (OCoLC)fst01353944; East Indians; Urdu; History; Satire; Fiction
Work titles: Āb-i gum
Description: "[R]evolves around Basharat and his family, Indian Muslims forced to relocate to Pakistan during Partition. Through one absurd anecdote after another, Basharat-- awash in nostalgia, half-baked schemes, and sorrow-- emerges as a holy fool. A uniquely authentic portrait of postcolonialism and homesickness"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: In English. Translated from Urdu.