The Holy Women

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apocolyse

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Posted: 19 years ago

hy guyz..has ne1 heard ov dat book "The Holy Women" plz i realli need 2 knw. dere iz also a sequel 2 it called "Typhoon

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Posted: 19 years ago

Nah...Never read it, sorry.
Infact never even heard of it 😕 😳

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Illyria

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Posted: 19 years ago

aint even heard of the book sorry

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Pachu.P

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Posted: 19 years ago

me n books don't get along yaar!

srry!

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apocolyse

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Posted: 19 years ago

lolz^^^ 😆 ..neway fnx guyz..but i realli need 2 knw ne1 huz heard ov it 😭 jus need 2 say- itz a must read man..itz wickedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 😉 😃 😳

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apocolyse

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Posted: 19 years ago

ere iz da story ov The Holy Women!!!

Qaisra Shahraz's first novel: The Holy Woman (2001) is the compelling drama of Zarri Bano 😃 – a glamorous, passionate, intellectual young woman who falls in love with Sikander 😳 😉 , a Karachi businessman. Her father 😡 takes a jealous, irrational dislike to the man and uses the sudden death of his son to break up the relationship. He resurrects an ancient family tradition of forcing his daughter to remain celibate by becoming his clan's 'holy woman' 😭 😡 . From the opening pages, the reader's attention is held by the heroine's depth of personality as she undergoes a spectrum of experiences 😭 . The book has many cleverly interwoven plots which open a window onto the dust, heat and passion of rural Pakistan, as well as taking us on journeys to other Muslim lands: Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. The western reader is not excluded, however. Apart from incorporating a stay in England into the story, the author deftly explains many of the cultural terms and practices without being patronising. The novel features a range of interesting characters, especially the proud 'queen' of the village, Chaudharani Kaniz 😡 , whose personality is defined by her relationship with her life-long enemy Fatima, the 'washerwoman'. This ambivalent figure who simultaneously arouses both the reader's abhorrence and empathy, bears witness to Shahraz's skill in characterisation – making Kaniz one of the gems of modern literature.

Edited by tania_uk - 19 years ago

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