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037			_cPurchase
037			_nPrism Books,Ernakulam
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bMAN/HO
100			_aMansab,Faiqa
245			_aHOUSE OF CLAY AND WATER
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260			_bPenguin _aUSA _c2017/01/01
300			_g270
500			_aAbout the Book: This House of Clay and Water Set in Lahore, This House of Clay and Water explores the lives of two women. Nida, intelligent and lonely, has married into an affluent political family and is desperately searching for some meaning in her existence; and impulsive, lovely Sasha, from the ordinary middle-class, whose longing for designer labels and upmarket places is so frantic that she willingly consorts with rich men who can provide them. Nida and Sasha meet at the famous Daata Sahib dargah and connect-their need to understand why their worlds feel so alien and empty, bringing them together. On her frequent visits to the dargah, Nida meets the gentle, flute-playing hijra Bhanggi, who sits under a bargadh tree and yearns for acceptance and affection, but is invariably shunned. A friendship-fragile, tentative and tender-develops between the two, both exiles within their own lives; but it flies in the face of all convention and cannot be allowed. Faiqa Mansabs accomplished and dazzling debut novel explores the themes of love, betrayal and loss in the complex, changing world of todays Pakistan. About the Author: Faiqa Mansab Faiqa Mansab completed her MFA in creative writing with a distinction and an award for the best thesis. Her novel This House of Clay and Water is the final version of her MFA thesis.
650			_aFiction
942			_cLEN
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