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Winner of JCB Prize for Literature 2022'' A landmark Urdu classic translated for the first time Khalid Jawed is one of the most original and extraordinary writers in Urdu today. 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 fifty years. 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.

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A Paperback / softback by Khalid Jawed, Baran Farooqi

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    Publisher: Juggernaut Publication
    Publication Date: 01/02/2023
    ISBN13: 9789393986474, 978-9393986474
    ISBN10: 9393986479

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    Book Synopsis
    Winner of JCB Prize for Literature 2022'' A landmark Urdu classic translated for the first time Khalid Jawed is one of the most original and extraordinary writers in Urdu today. 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 fifty years. 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.

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