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Aamer Hussein

Teoksen The Cloud Messenger tekijä

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Tietoja tekijästä

Aamer Hussein was born and brought up in Karachi, Pakistan. A graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, he teaches Urdu at its Language Centre. At present a lecturer in South Asian studies at the London branch of Pepperdine University, he has also taught graduate and näytä lisää postgraduate courses at the English and drama department of Queen Mary and Westfield College. näytä vähemmän

Tekijän teokset

The Cloud Messenger (2011) 33 kappaletta
Another Gulmohar Tree (2009) 29 kappaletta
Kahani: Short Stories by Pakistani Women (2005) — Toimittaja — 14 kappaletta
Insomnia (2007) 9 kappaletta
Turquoise (2002) 8 kappaletta
This Other Salt: Stories (1999) 7 kappaletta
Mirror to the sun (1993) 3 kappaletta
Cactus town and other stories (2002) 3 kappaletta
37 Bridges and Other Stories (2015) 2 kappaletta
Love & its Seasons (2017) 2 kappaletta
Cactus Tree 1 kappale
The Swan's Wife 1 kappale

Associated Works

xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths (2013) — Avustaja — 274 kappaletta
Granta 112: Pakistan (2010) — Avustaja — 172 kappaletta
The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature (2001) — Avustaja — 131 kappaletta
Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers (2004) — Avustaja — 99 kappaletta
Distant Traveller: New & Selected Fiction (2013) — Toimittaja — 4 kappaletta
Leave to Stay: Stories of Exile and Belonging (1996) — Avustaja — 4 kappaletta

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Yleistieto

Syntymäaika
1955-04-08
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
Pakistan
Maa (karttaa varten)
Pakistan
Asuinpaikat
Karachi, Pakistan
Koulutus
SOAS, University of London

Jäseniä

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The writing is at times beautiful. But the general feel of the book is depressing and has a disjointed effect. While a chronological scheme is there, it lacks some overarching drive or momentum (and needs some more complete resolution). I just finished the book and I feel like I'm dangling and somewhat unsatisfied.
 
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ming.l | 10 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 31, 2013 |
 
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asianamlitfans | Feb 17, 2013 |
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I wanted very much to like this novel. At the sentence level, the author demonstrates style and verve in prose. And there are passages in the novel--in particular in the beginning chapters--that engaged me and kept me focused.

But as a novel, the entire piece doesn't hang together enough for me. Even if it were considered a novel-in-stories, or story cycle, or fragmented novel, the entire piece doesn't quite hit with me. I think this is the case because the main characters are not very interesting nor very likable characters. I wanted to empathize with the characters--mostly because they are interested in poetry, literature, and the university--but find myself completely neutral and uninterested in their fates. And yet, they are not unappealing enough that I am rooting for their demises, which can be a way to craft characters and provoke an anti-empathy, if you will, in the reader and lead to a great story or novel.

The most interesting characters appear on the first few pages and then totally disappear. For example, I would have liked to hear the tale of the aunt with no children--what was her story--why did she scare her young nephew?
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Teokset
14
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Jäseniä
123
Suosituimmuussija
#162,201
Arvio (tähdet)
½ 3.4
Kirja-arvosteluja
14
ISBN:t
27

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