{"product_id":"the-cloud-messenger-aamer-hussein-9781846590894","title":"The Cloud Messenger","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thing of beauty. . . . You must read it.--Nadeem Aslam\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shower of pleasures.--Julia O'Faolain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophisticated, cosmopolitan and seductive, the novel engages mind and senses alike.--Andr  Naffis-Sahely, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLike his parents, he too spent many hours sending cloud messages to other places, messages of longing for something that he knew existed otherwhere.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon, that distant rainy place his father lived in once, is where Mehran finds himself after leaving Karachi in his teens. And it is there that his adult life unfolds: he discovers the joys of poetry, faces the trials of love and work, and spends his dreaming hours sending cloud messages to other places, hoping, one day, to tell his own story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA feeling of not quite belonging anywhere pursues Mehran as he travels to Italy, India, and Pakistan. But the relationships he forms--with wounded, passionate Marvi, volatile Marco, and the enigmatic Riccarda--and his power of recollection finally bring him some sense, however fleeting, of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAamer Hussein\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Karachi in 1955 and moved to London in his teens. He lectures at the University of Southampton and the Institute of English Studies and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His novella \u003ci\u003eAnother Gulmohar Tree\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Europe and South Asia 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aamer Hussein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1846590892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781846590894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Telegram Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Aamer Hussein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372448436479,"sku":"9781846590894","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1523dc45-f5dd-4ad3-af75-d4e6ae726000.jpg?v=1732725973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cloud-messenger-aamer-hussein-9781846590894","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}