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The Book Of Gold Leaves
The Book Of Gold Leaves | Mirza Waheed
6 posts | 4 read | 7 to read
*Shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016* Mirza Waheed's extraordinary new novel The Book of Gold Leaves is a heartbreaking love story set in war-torn Kashmir. In an ancient house in the city of Srinagar, Faiz paints exquisite Papier Mache pencil boxes for tourists. Evening is beginning to slip into night when he sets off for the shrine. There he finds the woman with the long black hair. Roohi is prostrate before her God. She begs for the boy of her dreams to come and take her away. Roohi wants a love story. An age-old tale of love, war, temptation, duty and choice, The Book of Gold Leaves is a heartbreaking tale of a what might have been, what could have been, if only. 'I loved it. The voice is lyrical, to match the beauty of Kashmir, and yet it is tinged with melancholy and grief, as is the story it tells' Nadeem Aslam (on The Collaborator) 'Waheed's prose burns with the fever of anger and despair; the scenes in the valley are exceptional, conveying, a hallucinatory living nightmare that has become an everyday reality for Kashmiris' Metro (on The Collaborator) Mirza Waheed was born and brought up in Kashmir. His debut novel The Collaborator was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Shakti Bhat Prize, and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. It was also book of the year for The Telegraph, New Statesman, Financial Times, Business Standard and Telegraph India, among others. Waheed has written for the BBC, The Guardian, Granta, Al Jazeera English and the New York Times. He lives in London.
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Naj
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Bailedbailed

Couldn't even finish half of this, but I did reach the main turning point of the story and realized that there probably won't be any gratification ahead. This is a love story set against the backdrop of the Kashmir conflict. I was surprised at how fast things went downhill after a promising start – seriously cheesy romance, two dimensional characters, and a fable-like narrative style to describe life under military occupation. An awful novel.

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amsu311
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Mehso-so

After so many weeks, I finished this book...
Still a bit confused with the ending. I am not sure whether the book has ended. A long read for me. Which means its a bit boring.
*Planning to start & finish a few books this week as its Chinese New Year holidays for schools in Malaysia.
#Goodreads2019ReadingChallenge

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PenguinInFlight
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@ErinSueG this is the prettiest book I own. 😍 I won it from GR and I haven‘t read it yet, because I don‘t want to break the spine! I actually bought a copy for my Kobo so I wouldn‘t have to use this one. #2kgiveaway

britt_brooke So pretty! 😍 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 💛🧡❤️ 6y
ReadZenRites That is gorgeous 💕🌸💕 6y
Erinsuereads Oh the colors on that are beautiful! Great choice! Thanks for entering! 6y
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DeebaR
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Pickpick

Gripping, Stark reality of the lives of people in one of the world's most militarized areas.
A heartbreaking love story!

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rockpools
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This cover! Much #gold! It's a love story of a papier maché artist, set in Kashmir.

Unfortunately it didn't make it homefrom the library with me yesterday because I was 'exercising restraint'! I might now be regretting that. #junetunz

batsy Gorgeous cover. Thanks for reminding me I've been meaning to check out this author! 7y
rockpools @batsy Should have brought it home on the the basis of cover alone. Sadly, the one I did bring back with me - looks like you were underwhelmed by the author's other work ☹️ 7y
batsy @RachelO Ah yes. I can't remember much of it 😓 I hope you enjoy this one! 7y
Cinfhen It is a gorgeous cover💛 and story sounds good too! 7y
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AAdamson
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Just a little autumn color for our weekend readathon! #HelloOctober!

Linsy Beautiful!! 8y
AAdamson Thanks! I bought all the dahlias they had at the local farmers' market. 8y
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