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In Insomnia and Other Stories, Aamer Hussein charts the geographies of leave-taking and homecoming, the yearnings of adolescence, the consolations and rivalries of friendship, and maturity`s tentative acceptance of longing.
An elusive Japanese girl leads a teenage boy into a world of passion and conflict in London; in Andalusia, a man talks to his painter friend about longing and belonging; a translator of Urdu finds himself drawn into the personal and political turmoil of the poet he translates; an Indian woman`s quiet world is eroded by the onset of war and the movement for independence and nationhood.
Moving from Karachi to England, through India, Java, Italy and Spain, these exquisite stories engage with the grand narratives of our time.
ISBN - 9780143067375
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Pages : 136
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