In his early teens, Mehran moves from Karachi, the rainless place of his childhood to London, the rainy city his father has always loved. At the age of twenty-three, he leaves his job in a bank to return to university, where he meets the charismatic Riccarda - nearly ten years older than him, vivacious and enigmatic. Their relationship, which shades from friendship into love, will last a lifetime. In his thirties, when life doesn't quite go according to plan, Mehran becomes involved with Marvi, passionate, displaced and damaged, and has to choose between the demands of a relationship and the solitude that his burgeoning poetic imagination demands.

About the Author
Aamer Hussein was born in Karachi in 1955 and moved to London in his teens. He is the author of Insomnia, and the editor of Kahani. He reviews regularly for The Independent, lectures at the University of Southampton and the Institute of English Studies, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His novel Another Gulmohar Tree was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Europe and South Asia 2010.

Reviews
Endorsements: 'A thing of beauty - You must read it' Nadeem Aslam 'Elegantly melancholy, yet sharp-eyed too. I was reminded simultaneously of the early 19th-century French -- and of poetic worlds I didn't know at all .A shower of pleasures' Julia O'Faolain 'We are lucky to have Hussein among us, telling stories as few can, with his particular mixture of deep love, understanding and sadness.' Amit Chaudhuri Praise for Another Gulmohar Tree (isbn: 978-1-84659-056-6): Taut yet lush - at its heart it is a story of love, into which Hussein weaves all his remarkable skills of storytelling.' Kamila Shamsie 'Subtle, evocative, skilled' Joseph Olshan



Book Information
ISBN 9781846590894
Author Aamer Hussein
Format Paperback
Page Count 174
Imprint Telegram Books
Publisher Saqi Books