Ek Tarah Ka Pagalpan
by Rahman Abbas
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| Author | Rahman Abbas |
| Language | Urdu |
| Publisher | Rekhta Publications |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 978-93-94494-87-9 |
| Book Type | Paperback |
| Item Weight | 0.0 kg |
Ek Tarah Ka Pagalpan
About the Book:
Ek Tarha Ka Pagalpan (A Sort of Madness) This is the sixth novel by Sahitya Akademi Award winner Urdu novelist Rahman Abbas, set in the coastal region of Konkan (Maharashtra state), covering an era of 1970 to 1990. The novel tells the tale of an illicit love story that links the turmoil and socio-political situation of the region through a curse uttered in an imaginary village, Kaamruth, in the vicinity of the Mohenjo-Daro, the Indus Valley Civilization. It discusses the lives of people living in a forest near the Arabian Sea and how it was affected by the various emerging ideologies in the last decades of the twentieth century.
About the Author:
Rahman Abbas (1972) is an Urdu novelist and the winner of India’s highest literary award the Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2018 on his fourth novel ‘Rohzin’. He has also won four State Academy Awards. He writes in Urdu and English. He is the author of 10 books including 6 novels. He lives in Mumbai. Rahman is the author of ten books, including six novels, Nakhalistan Ki Talash (The Search of an Oasis, 2004), Ek Mamnua Muhabbat Ki Kahani (A Forbidden Love Story, 2009), Khuda Ke Saaye Mein Ankh Micholi (Hide and Seek in the Shadow of God, 2011) Rohzin (The Melancholy of the Soul, 2016), Zindeeq (The Apostate, 2021) and Ek Tarha Ka Pagalpan, (A Sort of Madness, 2023) Rohzin, has been translated into German, English, and Hindi. The German translation was discussed in Switzerland as part of ‘The Days of Indian Literature’ in February 2018, and in May-June 2018 Rahman toured various cities in Germany to discuss the novel with readers. The novel has also received the prestigious LitProm Grant managed by the Swiss and German governments. The Penguin India Random House published Rohzin in English in May 2022 and the novel was shortlisted for the JCB Prize.
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