{"product_id":"karachi-raj-anis-shivani-9789351160816","title":"Karachi Raj","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe collective, indeterminable madness of Karachi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd how is one to extract Karachi from oneself? The city gathers wanderers and dreamers into its bosom, contradictory, impenetrable, endlessly jostling its subjects to make room for new ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in this city of subterranean terrors and surprising bouts of goodness, a brother and a sister grow into their own. Seema and Hafiz, born into a Basti, long to make something of themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Seema wins a scholarship to attend university, she finds that social barriers are not easily defied, and when Hafiz finds himself smitten by a coworker's wife, he learns of the mutability of love and friendship. Meanwhile, Claire, an American anthropologist, discovers that while her professional training will only take her so far in her quest to unravel Karachi, living in the Basti is an education in itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnis Shivani's debut novel is an ambitious work that aches with intimacy even as it encompasses an entire generation into its bold, panoramic vision. Karachi Raj is the sort of book that will shape our understanding of urban Pakistan for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anis Shivani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9351160815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789351160816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fourth Estate India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.30d","brand":"Anis Shivani","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659555877119,"sku":"9789351160816","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11a41065-82a2-429a-854b-2ed2603baa04.jpg?v=1781201956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/karachi-raj-anis-shivani-9789351160816","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}