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''She was meant to teach him about manners and behaviour, about love-making and its pleasures beyond the act itself. Instead. he learned about the vulnerability of the human heart and the way it defies reason.'
'Plagued by terminal illness, Khalid Sharif leaves his home in Calcutta to visit his Australian son, Javed. Javed is confounded by the old man's rebellious idiosyncrasies that contradict a life-long impression of a dull, predictable father who had devoted his life to business and family. What Javed does not know is that, as a young man, Khalid Sharif was sent to a sophisticated house of courtesans for a cultural education. Against convention, he fell in love with a young courtesan, Nazli, and asked her to marry him. An outraged family pressured him into breaking his betrothal. It is this broken promise that continues to haunt Khalid Sharif for the rest of his life.
'As he gets close to death, memories of his youth, especially his passion for Nazli, become more vivid. ' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Papa - wherever the place.
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- Also braille.
Works about this Work
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The Ever-Present Past : Asian Mythology in Contemporary Australian Writings
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Asia Society AustralAsia Centre Newsletter , Spring 2001; (p. 5) -
A Passage to Australia : Three Novelists in Search of a Homeland
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Directions in Australian Studies : Papers of the Inaugural Conference of The Asian Association for the Study of Australia (ASAA), "Creative Configurations", Kerala, India (1997) 2000; (p. 220-234) -
Ancient Cycles at Work
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 186 1996; (p. 17-18)
— Review of Solitude of Illusions 1996 single work novel -
Personal Contrasts Become National
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 December 1996; (p. C11)
— Review of Solitude of Illusions 1996 single work novel -
Double Vision in Suburbia
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 November 1996; (p. 14s)
— Review of Solitude of Illusions 1996 single work novel
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Tale of Strangers in a Foreign Land
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 October 1996; (p. 7)
— Review of A Stranger Here 1996 single work novel ; Solitude of Illusions 1996 single work novel -
Maximalist and Minimalist
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 December 1996; (p. rev 9)
— Review of Maritime 1996 single work novel ; Solitude of Illusions 1996 single work novel -
Untitled
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian's Review of Books , November vol. 1 no. 3 1996; (p. 29)
— Review of Solitude of Illusions 1996 single work novel -
Double Vision in Suburbia
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 November 1996; (p. 14s)
— Review of Solitude of Illusions 1996 single work novel -
Personal Contrasts Become National
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 December 1996; (p. C11)
— Review of Solitude of Illusions 1996 single work novel -
The Ever-Present Past : Asian Mythology in Contemporary Australian Writings
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Asia Society AustralAsia Centre Newsletter , Spring 2001; (p. 5) -
Home and Away
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 24 November 1996; (p. 7) -
A Passage to Australia : Three Novelists in Search of a Homeland
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: New Directions in Australian Studies : Papers of the Inaugural Conference of The Asian Association for the Study of Australia (ASAA), "Creative Configurations", Kerala, India (1997) 2000; (p. 220-234)
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cIndia,cSouth Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- Melbourne, Victoria,