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Bapsi Sidhwa,Fatima Bhutto

The Crow Eaters

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Seeking capitalist ventures and fortune, Faredoon 'Freddy' Junglewalla moves his family — his pregnant wife, children and belligerent mother-in-law — from their ancestral village in rural India to the bustling metropolis of Lahore. Welcomed by the small but tight-knit Parsi community, Freddy establishes a booming business and his family soon become one of the most respected in Lahore. It seems that the only thing holding Freddy back is his sizeable and burdensome mother-in-law. As his family grows, and events — funny, tragic and life-changing — occur, Freddy's reach permeates the wider country and an intricate portrait of colonial India is revealed. But when tragedy forces Freddy to rethink his legacy, intimations of historic change loom on the country's horizon. Wickedly funny and searingly honest, The Crow Eaters is a vibrant portrait of a Parsi family taking its place in colonial India on the brink of the 20th Century, from one of Pakistan's best-loved and finest novelists. 'One of the great comic novels of the 20th Century.' — Hanif Kureishi 'A novel of immense charm and exuberance … Sidhwa consistently imparts the magic and colour of India even in its most down-to-earth aspects.' — The Times 'Bapsi Sidhwa's voice — comic, serious, subtle, always sprightly — is an important one to hear. I'm delighted to see her terrific novels back in print.' — Salman Rushide 'The Crow Eaters is an excellent novel … The author is a born storyteller.' — New Statesman 'Sidhwa writes with an exuberance and geniality which make The Crow Eaters illuminating and memorable.' — Jim Crace
ClassicsShort Stories ClassicsFictionClassic Fiction
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298 printed pages
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Bookwire
Original publication
2015
Publication year
2015
Publisher
Daunt Books Publishing

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      We will stay where we are … let Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, or whoever, rule. What does it matter? The sun will continue to rise – and the sun continue to set – in their arses …!’
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        and Bose and Jinnah and Nehru … and that other stupid fool in Karachi, Rustom Sidhwa, also picks them up! What does he do? He sacrifices his business and abandons his family to the vicissitudes of chance and poverty. He wears a Gandhi cap, handloom shirt, and that transparent diaper they call a dhoti. He goes in and out of jail as if he were visiting a girl at the Hira Mandi! Where will it get him? Nowhere! If there are any rewards in all this, who will reap them? Not Sidhwa! Not Dadabhoy Navroji! Making monkeys of themselves and of us! Biting the hand that feeds! I tell you we are betrayed by our own kind, by our own blood! The fools will break up the country. The Hindus will have one part, Muslims the other. Sikhs, Bengalis, Tamils and God knows who else will have their share; and they won’t want you!’
        ‘But where will we go? What will happen to us?’ asked Bobby Katrak in
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          Back at the hotel, when she narrated the story of her brush with death, Faredoon was despondent. ‘Another golden opportunity gone,’ he reflected glumly.
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