![]() Superbly translated, The Paradise of Food is a novel like no other. And in doing so he penetrates deep into the dark heart of middle-class Muslims today. In this profoundly daring work tense, mysterious, even unfathomable on occasion Jawed builds an atmosphere of gloom and grotesqueness to draw out his themes. ![]() But to describe the novel in its plot is to do its originality no justice. As India and Islamic culture hardens, the narrator, whose life we follow from boyhood to old age, struggles to find a place for himself, at odds in his home and in the world outside. The Paradise of Food is an Urdu classic known for its radical, experimental form and savage and dark honesty.It tells the story of a middle-class Muslim joint family over a span of fif A landmark Urdu classic translated for the first time.Khalid Jawed is one of the most original and extraordinary writers in Urdu today. It tells the story of a middle-class Muslim joint family over a span of fifty years. The Paradise of Food (English)2022Juggernaut Publication Delhi Ek Khanjar Paani Mein (Hindi) Setu Prakashan, 2022 Books on Khalid Jawed. The Paradise of Food is an Urdu classic known for its radical, experimental form and savage and dark honesty. ![]() A landmark Urdu classic translated for the first time Khalid Jawed is one of the most original and extraordinary writers in Urdu today. ![]()
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