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A Hundred Journeys Stories of My Fatherland -

AuthorOmar Zafarullah
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â€˜I write because I need you to know what I cannot say. I write about the past, about family, about country, because they all speak to me about my fatherâ€¦â€™Addressed to Hyder, his son, Omar Zafarullahâ€™s A Hundred Journeys is part memoir and part manual for living. With the help of his familyâ€™s personal history, the author attempts to explain Pakistan to Hyder, a narrative which is intensely personal but deeply political too.The journey begins in the early 1900s when the family migrates from Ropar (in Indiaâ€™s Punjab) to Gojra (in Pakistanâ€™s Punjab) in search of a better future. The book is filled with inspiring charactersâ€”Zafarullahâ€™s great-grandmother, Maaji, a woman with an iron will who challenged patriarchy in her efforts to take the family out of the throes of poverty; his highly respected doctorâ€“grandfather whose perseverance turned around the fortunes of his family; his friend Khawaja Imran who helped him bounce back from a failed business and many others. With instructions on how to jump a busy intersection, to the travails of setting up a business and on to the advent of the War on Terror that has shaken the core of the country, this book portrays everyday life in Pakistan with an immediacy that is poignant and striking.

Publisher Rupa & Co.
Publication Date 16/05/2017
Number of Pages 221
Binding Paper Back
ISBN 9788129147394
Category Fiction , Regional Fiction

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