Like a Diamond in the Sky
- ISBN-10
- 9383074353
- ISBN-13
- 9789383074358
- Series
- Like a Diamond in the Sky
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 203
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-22
- Publisher
- Zubaan
- Author
- Shazia Omar
Description
At twenty-one, Deen is dismayed by the poverty around him and trapped in negativity. Alienated from family and society, heroin is his drug of choice. Deen and his partner in crime, AJ, ride high on acid and amphetamines, philosophize in the university canteen, party in a politician’s posh pad and contemplate God at a roadside tea stall. From Maria, a chemically imbalanced diva, to a rickshaw-walla who reflects on the importance of positive energy, to a group of fakirs who sing about love, and a detective who has his own take on addiction, the characters in Shazia Omar’s debut novel crackle with life. They represent the despair, hopes and aspirations of a generation struggling to survive in the harsh realities of life in modern Dhaka. Hard-hitting and intensely moving, this is an extraordinary novel, and one that is destined to launch Omar as a major contemporary voice from South Asia. Published by Zubaan.
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- 2022-02-15
- 40 pages
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- 2022-02-15
- 40 pages
- Ebook
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