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White World

โœ Scribed by Saad Farooqi


Book ID
115339129
Publisher
Cormorant Books
Year
2024
Tongue
en-CA
Weight
652 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781770867468

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โœฆ Synopsis


Three years ago, I sold my kidney for a few cans of beans. I did it to save my brother, to save my family.Saad T. Farooqi reaches beyond the established narratives of Pakistan โ€” family sagas, magical realism, and immigrant stories โ€” to create a post-apocalyptic world that reflects the rampant corruption, martial law, religious bigotry, and violent crimes familiar to any Pakistani. Little fiction has been written from the perspective of apostates โ€” until now.Pakistan, 2083 AD.Allah has burned the sky away. A mysterious snow falls over everything. Is it an endless winter? Is it the result of a nuclear exchange with India? A celestial impact? Now a barren wasteland, what little is left of Pakistan is heavily segregated along religious lines. For Avaan, a gun in the hand feels as natural as breathing. An apostate pariah living under martial law and religious bigotry, violence has become a way of life. What respite he had from this terrifying world โ€” his brother, his family, and...


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