{"product_id":"the-return-of-faraz-ali-paperback","title":"The Return of Faraz Ali - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAamina Ahmad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND NPR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE, ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stunning not only on account of the author's talent, of which there is clearly plenty, but also in its humanity.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(cover) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSent back to his birthplace\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eLahore's notorious red-light district\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eto hush up the murder of a girl, a man finds himself in an unexpected reckoning with his past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot since childhood has Faraz returned to the Mohalla, in Lahore's walled inner city, where women continue to pass down the art of courtesan from mother to daughter. But he still remembers the day he was abducted from the home he shared with his mother and sister there, at the direction of his powerful father, who wanted to give him a chance at a respectable life. Now Wajid, once more dictating his fate from afar, has sent Faraz back to Lahore, installing him as head of the Mohalla police station and charging him with a mission: to cover up the violent death of a young girl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt should be a simple assignment to carry out in a marginalized community, but for the first time in his career, Faraz finds himself unable to follow orders. As the city assails him with a jumble of memories, he cannot stop asking questions or winding through the walled city's labyrinthine alleyways chasing the secrets--his family's and his own--that risk shattering his precariously constructed existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProfoundly intimate and propulsive, \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Faraz Ali\u003c\/i\u003e is a spellbindingly assured first novel that poses a timeless question: Whom do we choose to protect, and at what price?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, \u003cb\u003eAamina Ahmad\u003c\/b\u003e has received a Stegner Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize, and a Rona Jaffe Writers' Award. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEcotone\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere; she is also the author of a play, \u003ci\u003eThe Dishonored\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 7.6 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772638888224,"sku":"9780593330197","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2870fdfee41ef611d17d54121661ecd4.webp?v=1780410250","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-return-of-faraz-ali-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}