New

Curfewed Night

Regular price RM71.00 MYR
Unit price
per

Haunting memoir illuminates war-torn Kashmir's strife.

If you're drawn to understand the personal impact of geopolitical conflicts, "Curfewed Night" might resonate with you deeply. Basharat Peer's first-hand account of growing up in Kashmir offers a poignant, intimate view into the lives shaped by the ongoing conflict. The book's strength lies in transforming the news headlines into human experiences, making the events in Kashmir achingly real.

  • Guardian First Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2010)
  • Crossword Book Award for Nonfiction (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
New

Curfewed Night

Regular price RM71.00 MYR
Unit price
per
Condition guide

Special Offer

Buy 3, Get Another Free On All Items Under S$10 Storewide

Discount applied automatically when you add them to your cart.

ISBN: 9780007350704
Authors: Basharat Peer
Publisher: Harper Press
Date of Publication: 2010-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Politics, History, Biographies & Memoirs
Goodreads rating: 4.07
(rated by 4423 readers)

Description

Since 1989, when the separatist movement exploded in Kashmir, more than 70,000 people have been killed in the battle between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Basharat Peer brings this little-known part of the world to life in haunting, vivid detail. Peer reveals stories from his youth as well as gut-wrenching accounts of the many Kashmiris he met years later, as a reporter. He chronicles a young man's initiation into a Pakistani training camp; a mother who watches as her son is forced to hold an exploding bomb; a poet who finds religion when his entire family is killed. He writes about politicians living in refurbished torture chambers, idyllic villages rigged with landmines, and ancient Sufi shrines decimated in bomb blasts. "Curfewed Night" is a tale of a man's love for his land, the pain of leaving home, and the joy of return—as well as a fiercely brave piece of literary reporting.
 

Haunting memoir illuminates war-torn Kashmir's strife.

If you're drawn to understand the personal impact of geopolitical conflicts, "Curfewed Night" might resonate with you deeply. Basharat Peer's first-hand account of growing up in Kashmir offers a poignant, intimate view into the lives shaped by the ongoing conflict. The book's strength lies in transforming the news headlines into human experiences, making the events in Kashmir achingly real.

  • Guardian First Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2010)
  • Crossword Book Award for Nonfiction (2008)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.