Revolt
Published on 7. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-9573304-9-8 (ISBN)
Description
An incisive portrait of small-town life, exploding into a panoramic portrayal of the nature of change, freedom, pride and prejudice.
Reviews / Votes
"Intimately reveals Pakistani family life. Traditional Muslim values meet modern Western one, setting off a whimsical collection of problems and events." -- World Lit Today "World Lit Today"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quercus Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9573304-9-8 (9780957330498)
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Person
Qaisra Shahraz FRSA is a prize-winning and critically acclaimed novelist, scriptwriter and peace and gender activist. She is the founder, curator and Executive Director of MACFEST, Muslim Arts and Culture Festival. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a literary judge, a former Director of Gatehouse Books and Asia Pacific Writers & Translators partnership, advisor to International Journal IJRHS. Her novels - The Holy Woman, Typhoon, Revolt - and her collections of short stories - A Pair of Jeans and other stories and The Concubine & The Slave Catcher - stories from around the world - have been translated into several languages.