{"product_id":"up-in-the-main-house-other-stories-paperback","title":"Up in the Main House \u0026 Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNadeem Zaman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeticulously constructed in both language and emotion, Zaman's stories sneak up on the reader and consistently deliver. -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e Up in the main house, servants have worked for decades watching the city rise around it, feeling like part of the family but knowing they aren't. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNadeem Zaman's new collection of eight stories set in contemporary Dhaka explore the inner lives of the cooks and butlers, nightwatchmen and peons - people who have spent decades working for the same family, in the same house. Arranged marriages are negotiated, favors asked, the social cues a subtle dance. The daily itineraries must run like clockwork for the rich and well off who have their own problems, but in Nadeem's stories they appear thin and forever insecure, a byproduct of the real lives being lived around them. There are digressions, too, big ones like the interlopers and prowlers, petty thieves, and calculated con men, and small ones, like the servant woman who locks herself in the master bedroom while the family is away and the night guard who wonders, if there is always \u003ci\u003ethe family\u003c\/i\u003e, does he have one of his own? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully compelling and quietly powerful, Zaman's stories capture an old way of life and ask what's next?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNadeem Zaman was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and grew up there and in Chicago. His work has appeared in Roanoke Review, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Open Road Review, The Milo Review, The East Bay Review, The Coppefield Review, Eastlit, China Grove Journal, 94 Creations, the Dhaka Tribune, and Salon.com. He is currently a doctoral candidate in Comparative Humanities at the University of Louisville, with a dissertation focus on Fiction and Postcolonial Theory and Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769809109280,"sku":"9781944700980","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ac7f477c5693f60f43096eda6b6960a1.webp?v=1780357299","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/up-in-the-main-house-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}