Mass Transit
| Author: |
Maniza Naqvi |
| Publisher: |
Oxford |
| ISBN: |
0-19-577900-2 |
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The Metropolis of Karachi represents, in a microcosm, the historical, political, social, and emotional consequences of mass migration. 'Mass Transit' is a novel about an immigrant population which never really assimilates.
Through the stories of three families living in a large mansion turned refugee housing, the novel illustrates the repercussions of Partition, dislocation, martial law, and rapid urbanization. It is a story of departures and arrivals; of migrations and resettlements; of orientations and disorientations; of integrations and disintegrations. The plot is weaved around the polar differences of class, income, and aspirations, to relate the story of how things fall apart.
| DesiStore # |
PBS00852 |
| Edition: |
First |
| Year: |
1998 |
| Pages |
194 |
| Weight (kg) |
0.25 |
| Weight (lbs) |
0.62 |
| Dimensions: |
21x13x1cm |
| HB/PB |
Paper Back |
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The novel's focus is on Safina who returns from abroad to live in a house and city from whose suffocating memories her own mother wants to escape. It is Safina's story of trying to return to a place which exists and functions only in her mind and reality of which is far beyond her reach or relevance.
Mass Transit
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