Aamer Hussein, Another Gulmohar Tree

Taha Kehar (Independent Scholar - Asia)

Ed. by Muneeza Shamsie, Independent Scholar - Asia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2009

Places

England (Publication/ performance)
Pakistan (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

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Aamer Hussein’s spare, tightly wrought novella,

Another Gulmohar Tree

(2009), turns an intimate gaze on a mixed-heritage marriage that doesn’t fall prey to cultural clashes. It was received with great critical acclaim and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize in the Europe and Asia category. With its portrayal of a London-born, European protagonist who leads a fulfilling life in Karachi, Hussein’s novel escapes the trappings of hackneyed postcolonial narratives about Western women who find their lives in disarray in the East and moves beyond Western perceptions of irreconcilable differences in “mixed marriages”. In addition, Hussein’s novella highlights the stultifying effects of Field Marshal Ayub Khan’s military dictatorship in Pakistan. In 1990, Tariq Rahman…

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Citation: Kehar, Taha. "Another Gulmohar Tree". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 March 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=39338, accessed 23 April 2024.]

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