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Author Ullah, Haroon K.

Title The bargain from the bazaar : a family's day of reckoning in Lahore / Haroon K. Ullah.

Publication Info. New York : PublicAffairs, [2014]

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B REZA, AWAIS    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description ix, 240 pages ; 25 cm
Summary "The story of one struggling middle-class Pakistani family, compellingly narrated by a young scholar and diplomat who has observed the traumas of the region firsthand. As a young boy, Awais Reza's family moved from Indian Kashmir to Lahore in Pakistan after Partition. Now middle-aged, Awais is a shopkeeper in the Anarkali Bazaar. Married, with three sons, he looks back on his journey from idealistic young nationalist to increasingly watchful and anxious member of the mercantile class at the heart of Pakistani life. Awais's eldest son has drifted, but returned to help his father run the shop; the middle one is involved in radical Islamist politics; and the youngest is a law student who believes that a secular future is Pakistan's last and only hope. Their lives unfold against an increasingly turbulent and violent background as suicide bombers enter the life of urban Lahore with devastating consequences. Haroon K. Ullah's portrait of a middle class family oppressed by a state falling apart around them is a remarkable piece of storytelling. Radical Islam is confronted not only in distant mountain passes by the armed forces, but most personally and tellingly across the kitchen table as families like the Rezas debate their future"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Reza, Awais, 1947-
Reza, Awais, 1947- -- Family.
Lahore (Pakistan) -- Biography.
Middle class families -- Pakistan -- Lahore -- Biography.
Merchants -- Pakistan -- Lahore -- Biography.
Lahore (Pakistan) -- Social conditions.
Islam and politics -- Pakistan -- Lahore.
Violence -- Pakistan -- Lahore.
Suicide bombings -- Pakistan -- Lahore.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage.
RELIGION / Islam / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Terrorism.
ISBN 9781610391665 (US hardcover)
1610391667 (US hardcover)
9781610394116 (international paperback)
1610394119 (international paperback)
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