The Bride
by Bapsi Sidhwa
On This Page
Description
As a youth, Qasim leaves his tribal village in the remote Himalayas for the plains. Caught up in the strife surrounding the creation of Pakistan, he takes an orphaned girl for his daughter and brings her to the bustling, decadent city of Lahore. Amid the pungent bazaars and crowded streets, Qasim makes his fortune and a home for the two of them. As the years pass, Qasim grows nostalgic about his life in the mountains while his hopelessly romantic teenage daughter, Zaitoon, imagines Qasim's show more homeland as a region of tall, kindly men who roam the Himalayas like gods. Impulsively, Qasim promis show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Una storia crudele, di un feroce di angolo di mondo, e di come sempre siano le donne a dover sopportare il peso di tutto l'infantile orgoglio maschile e la generica incapacità del maschio di approcciarsi alla diversità.
Libro discreto, ma ancora un po' immaturo nella capacità dell'autrice di far penetrare il lettore all'interno dei sentimenti.
Libro discreto, ma ancora un po' immaturo nella capacità dell'autrice di far penetrare il lettore all'interno dei sentimenti.
Loses a bit of momentum and originality from the middle, but remains witty throughout. A good book but not Bapsi Sidhwa's best.
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
16+ Works 1,353 Members
Awards and Honors
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Bride
- Alternate titles
- The Pakistani Bride
- Disambiguation notice*
- Bapsi Sidhwa
Sidhwa Bapsi
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PR9540.9 .S53 .B7 — Language and Literature English English Literature English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 142
- Popularity
- 229,720
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.32)
- Languages
- English, French, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
- 2
