{"product_id":"9781905147625","title":"Typhoon","description":"Author: Qaisra Shahraz\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781905147625\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Aug 2007\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026lt;font size=\"+1\"\u0026gt;\u003cb\u003e\"Gripping, hugely involving, and very satisfying\" KATE MOSSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A dramatic story of family intrigue, religious passions and riproaring romance\" MICHELE ROBERTS\u0026lt;\/font\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTyphoon is set in Chiragpur, a Pakistani village warped in time, space and guilt, whose inhabitants are still traumatised by what happened some twenty years earlier in a courtroom (kacheri). With the arrival of a beautiful stranger from the city, the villagers are helplessly swept along by a typhoon-like series of events and become buried under the burden of their guilt.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClosely guarding their small silk parcels containing a lock of a woman's hair, they all hope to return it to its rightful owner and beg her forgiveness. \u003ci\u003eTyphoon \u003c\/i\u003eis a tragic tale of three young women, each one demonised by their past: Naghmana - the glamorous stranger from the city; Chaudharani Kaniz - the village land baron, and Gulshan - the innocent wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne is caught in the arms of another woman's husband in the middle of the night; another was raped in her youth; and the third woman's world fell apart as she lost her husband, before her eyes, to a total stranger and her mother vowed revenge. For all three there is no escape from what fate has in store.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925005353118,"sku":"ING-9781905147625","price":40.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781905147625.jpg?v=1782957273","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781905147625","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}