Melody of a Tear /Haroon Khalid Akhtar

By:

Akhtar, Haroon Khalid

Language: English Publication details: Olive Turtle/Niyogi Books, New Delhi: 2019.Edition: 1st edDescription: 211 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9789386906779

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DDC classification:

823 AKH

Summary: "Zara, the suicide-prone protagonist of ambiguous gender, is raised as a son by her father. She has never been able to cry and so when she meets Zaid, a former college-mate, she is immediately curious because of the tear she sees streaming down his face. Thus begins a quest to understand this wondrous facility of easy tears. Her search for answers leads her to a crumbling mansion where she encounters Waris, an ailing repository of ideals and wisdom who moonlights as a children's mystery writer, and Sheila and her brood who live behind the mansion, treating poverty as their religion. Here with Waris as her guide and mentor she unravels the spool of Zaid's humanity to resolve the befuddling mystery of his tears, and in the process reaches deep into the heart of her own dilemma as well."

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Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING	823 AKH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		669569
Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING	823 AKH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		669570

"Zara, the suicide-prone protagonist of ambiguous gender, is raised as a son by her father. She has never been able to cry and so when she meets Zaid, a former college-mate, she is immediately curious because of the tear she sees streaming down his face. Thus begins a quest to understand this wondrous facility of easy tears. Her search for answers leads her to a crumbling mansion where she encounters Waris, an ailing repository of ideals and wisdom who moonlights as a children's mystery writer, and Sheila and her brood who live behind the mansion, treating poverty as their religion. Here with Waris as her guide and mentor she unravels the spool of Zaid's humanity to resolve the befuddling mystery of his tears, and in the process reaches deep into the heart of her own dilemma as well."

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