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The Empty Room

Sadia Abbas

2018300 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2018
first published
  • 2018Zubaan Books · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9789385932267
  • 2021Quattro Books · 300 pagesISBN 9781988254883

"In 1960s Karachi, a place of ever increasing violence and political and social uncertainty, a beautiful and talented artist, Tahira, tries to hold her life together as it shatters around her. Her marriage is quickly revealed to be a sham, a trap from which there is no escape. In a world of stifling conformity, Tahira must fight for her very identity: as a woman, and as a painter. Tragedy strikes when her family and friends are caught up in the brutally repressive regime. Faced with horror and loss, she embarks upon a series of paintings entitled 'The Empty Room', filling the blank canvases with vivid colour and light."--Publisher's description.

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