{"product_id":"the-empty-room-sadia-abbas-9789385932267","title":"The Empty Room","description":"In 1970s Karachi, where violence and political and social uncertainty are on the rise, a beautiful and talented painter, Tahira, tries to hold her life together as it Shatters around her. Her marriage is quickly revealed to be a trap from which there appears no escape. Accustomed to the company of her brother Waseem and friends, Andaleep and Safdar, who are activists, writers and thinkers, Tahira struggles to adapt to her new world of stifling conformity and to fight for her identity as a woman and an artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tragedy strikes when her brother and friends are caught up in the cynically repressive regime. Faced with loss and injustice, she embarks upon a series of paintings entitled 'the empty room', filling the blank canvases with vivid colour and light. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elegant, poetic and powerful, \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Room\u003c\/i\u003e is an important addition to contemporary Pakistani literature, a moving portrait of life in Karachi at a pivotal moment in the nation's history and a powerful meditation on art and the dilemmas faced by women who must find their own creative path in hostile conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sadia Abbas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9385932268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789385932267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zubaan Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.20d","brand":"Sadia Abbas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965369598207,"sku":"9789385932267","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8d3d3d4-595c-4636-bfce-b401887075c5.jpg?v=1767280113","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-empty-room-sadia-abbas-9789385932267","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}