A Pair of Jeans and Other Stories [electronic resource]
Shahraz, Qaisra2013
eBook
Shahraz demonstrates yet again her abilities for storyline and plot which are always gripping. 'The Elopement', 'The Discovery' and 'A Pair of Jeans' are short stories focusing on the issues facing young Pakistani Muslim women as they work out how to live in a world where traditional and Western values clash.Can they create a synthesis? Miriam in a 'Pair of Jeans' discovers that a seeming innocuous item of clothing can cause disaster while Rubiya in 'The Elopement' and 'The Discovery' pays the price of rejection for her past misdeed. In 'The Zemindar’s Wife' and Perchanvah the reader opens a window into a world of feudal lifestyle and class consciousness that is embedded in the psyche of many of the country’s inhabitants. Other stories—'Escape' and the 'City Dwellers'—explore the feelings of those struggling to discover the meaning of 'home'. 'The Malay Host' is a contrast with an element of the mysterious. What is behind the one locked door in the old Malay house that is a tourist attraction, and why is the woman of the house brandishing a piece of burning wood at the Western visitors?
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Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HopeRoad, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
ISBN:
9781908446176
Language:
English
BRN:
4145761