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Emigré Journeys
"A startlingly authentic voice"—Daily Telegraph
As a young man in the early 1960s, Amir leaves his small village in Pakistan to come to Britain as an illegal alien. Thirty years on, Amir has a home and a family, including Parvin, his nineteen-year-old daughter. Parvin has a mind of her own. As Amir and Parvin battle, Amir remembers a brutal crime of passion which profoundly altered the course of his life. Abdullah Hussein's first novel in English, Emigré Journeys is a powerful work of struggle, alienation and hope.
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Abdullah Hussein was born in 1931. His first novel, The Weary Generations, won the prestigious Pakistani Adamji Prize. He lives in Lahore, Pakistan.
As a young man in the early 1960s, Amir leaves his small village in Pakistan to come to Britain as an illegal alien. Thirty years on, Amir has a home and a family, including Parvin, his nineteen-year-old daughter. Parvin has a mind of her own. As Amir and Parvin battle, Amir remembers a brutal crime of passion which profoundly altered the course of his life. Abdullah Hussein's first novel in English, Emigré Journeys is a powerful work of struggle, alienation and hope.
o Specialist marketing to Asian media and websites
Abdullah Hussein was born in 1931. His first novel, The Weary Generations, won the prestigious Pakistani Adamji Prize. He lives in Lahore, Pakistan.
250 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2001
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Abdullah Hussein
14 books158 followersAbdullah Hussein was an Urdu novelist and short story writer from Pakistan famous for his novel Udaas Naslain.
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December 31, 2023
Este libro me emociono muchas veces durante su lectura. Cuenta la historia de un hombre y su viaje hacia otro país con la intención de construirse un futuro durante su juventud hasta su vida como padre de familia. Durante el relato se van intercalando líneas temporales; retazos de la vida al llegar al país, viviendo duras situaciones, desafíos propios de estar en un país ajeno; otra, con una familia ya constituida y 2 hijos adolescentes. Esta última línea temporal le da voz a su hija, quien vive la dualidad de transitar entre dos culturas.
Un libro recomendado para ahondar en lo complejo de ser migrante, sobretodo cuando las diferencias culturales son tan grandes. En tiempos de discursos xenofobos, en los cuales se busca anular al otro, libros como este pueden abrir mentes y corazones.
Un libro recomendado para ahondar en lo complejo de ser migrante, sobretodo cuando las diferencias culturales son tan grandes. En tiempos de discursos xenofobos, en los cuales se busca anular al otro, libros como este pueden abrir mentes y corazones.
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