The Lady of Sohanbela
Soon to be published is Irshad Abdul kadir’s riveting dramatic novel, The Lady of Sohanbela. Things are not always what they seem to be in the novel’s fictionalised rural Pakistani village setting, as the novel expertly probes the glamorous surface of a wealthy family to reveal a darker, hidden underbelly of traumas, family secrets and silenced histories.
Hardback:
226
Published:
2020
₨ 1,295
Description
Soon to be published is Irshad Abdul kadir’s riveting dramatic novel, The Lady of Sohanbela. Things are not always what they seem to be in the novel’s fictionalised rural Pakistani village setting, as the novel expertly probes the glamorous surface of a wealthy family to reveal a darker, hidden underbelly of traumas, family secrets and silenced histories.
About The Author
Irshad Abdul Kadir is a graduate of Cambridge University and a Barrister at Law, based in Karachi, Pakistan. He is a lecturer in legal studies specializing in common law traditions and reasoning. Several articles written by him on socio-economics, governance, and politics have appeared in newspapers and journals. His first publication entitled, Trademark Protection in the United Arab Emirates (1989) appeared when he was practicing law in the UAE. He has also made TV documentary films on cultural, historical, and socio-political subjects. He is noted too as a theatre critic and a civil rights activist. His first work of fiction, Clifton Bridge: Stories of Innocence and Experience from Pakistan was published by Harpercollins.