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Solitude of illusions
Adib Khan
St. Leonards, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 1996
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Book description
Plagued by a terminal illness, Khalid Sharif leaves his home in
Calcutta to visit his Australian Son, Javed. Javed is confounded by
the old man's rebellious idiosyncrasies that contradict a life-long
impression of a dull, predictable father who had devoted his life to
budiness and family. What Javed does not know is that, as a young man,
Khalid Sharif was sent to s sophisticated house of courtesans for a cultural
education. against convention, he fell in love with a young courtesan,
Nazli, and asked her to marry him. An outraged family pressured him
into breaking his betrothal. It is this broken promise that continues
to haunt Khalik Sharif for the rest of his life. As he gets close to
death, memories of his youth, especially his passion for Nazli, become more
vivid. Family, home, the meaning of love and the consolation to be
derived from the past are all strong themes of this gentle yet powerful and
moving novel.
About the author
Adib Khan was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh where he lived
until 1973. That year he came to Australia where he completed a
Masters degree in English literature. Khan currently lives and
works as a teacher in Ballarat. Among his interests are reading,
philately, cooking listening to Western and Indian classical music,
chess and cricket.
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