The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam
In a contemporary Pakistani city riven by sectarian hatred and state coercion, an architect mourning her slain husband, a young Christian woman caught in a dangerous love, and a Kashmiri fugitive find their lives entwined by secrets, surveillance, and the peril of blasphemy accusations. Forced to navigate demands for public forgiveness and the threat of exposure, they seek fragile refuge in memory, art, and the marginalia of books, confronting the intimate costs of loyalty, identity, and moral courage in an atmosphere of escalating intolerance.
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- 2017
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