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Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Born

in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Pakistan

July 26, 1968

Website

http://www.mafarooqi.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Children's, Classics, Fantasy

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Musharraf Ali Farooqi is a critically acclaimed Pakistani author, novelist and translator.

His novel "Between Clay and Dust" was shortlisted for The Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 and longlisted for the 2013 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Farooqi's second novel "The Story of a Widow" was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2011, and longlisted for the 2010 IMPAC-Dublin Literary Award.

His most recent children's fiction is the novel "Tik-Tik, The Master of Time" Pakistan's first English language novel for children. His other works for children include the picture book "The Cobbler's Holiday Or Why Ants Don't Wear Shoes" and the collection "The Amazing Moustaches of Mocchhander the Iron Man and Other Stories" which ...more

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Average rating: 3.66 · 1,350 ratings · 256 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	Between Clay and Dust 3.69 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of a Widow 3.17 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Merman and the Book of Power: A Qissa 3.71 avg rating — 48 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tik-Tik, The Master of Time by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Michelle Farooqi (Illustrator) 3.25 avg rating — 36 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cobbler's Holiday: or Why Ants Don't Wear Shoes by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Eugene Yelchin (Goodreads Author) (Illustrators) 3.59 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rabbit Rap by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Michelle Farooqi (illustrator) 3.23 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jinn Darazgosh 3.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monster Folktales from South Asia 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salar Jang's Passion 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amazing Moustaches of Moochhander the Iron Man and Other Stories by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, Michelle Farooqi (Illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Their casual discussion of the characteristics of the man who had shown interest in their mother had seemed unreal to her.”
― Musharraf Ali Farooqi, The Story of a Widow

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“You always maintained that he was a good father, but I always told you and I'll say it again today, so what if he was a good father? How does that redeem him if he was a bad husband?”
― Musharraf Ali Farooqi, The Story of a Widow

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“Mona told herself that even if her recent feelings were a delusion, they were by far preferable to the thirty years of immaculate deception she had suffered in her first marriage. Yet she had to forgive Akbar Ahmad - perhaps because he was already dead.”
― Musharraf Ali Farooqi, The Story of a Widow

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