{"product_id":"blasphemy","title":"Blasphemy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Tehmina Durrani\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 227\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0140280049\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow available in paperback edition, one of the exciting books of 1998.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTehmina Durrani made her sensational literary debut in 1991 with her controversial autobiography My Feudal Lord. Blasphemy, her next major work, promises to generate the same degree of excitement.  Set in south Pakistan, the novel inspired by a true story, is a searing study of evil; an uncompromising look at the distortion of Islam by predatory religious leaders.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn prose of great power and intensity, the author tells the tragic story of the beautiful Here, brutalized and corrupted by Pir Sain, the man of God, whom she is married to when barely fifteen.  But the nightmare she is locked into is not hers alone; it affects the entire clan that owes allegiance to the pir.  In the Pir's haveli, unspeakable horrors are perpetrated every day and every night, all in the name of Allah.  Sucked into the fetid hell of her lord's making, Heer loses her dignity, her freedom, even her humanity, till a terrible resolution gives her back to herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe enduring impression of the book is its sustained capacity to shock the reader ... you turn the pages, compelled to read on.                                                                                   - Biblio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDurrani has dared breach the one are that remains taboo for most citizens of Islamic countries: the powerful mullah-pir community and their perversion of the Prophet's word...                                                                                   - The Hindu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1\u003cbr\u003eRelease\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 2\u003cbr\u003eStepping Out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 3\u003cbr\u003eStepping In\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 4\u003cbr\u003eJahanum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 5\u003cbr\u003eUnbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 6\u003cbr\u003eCircling the Square\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 7\u003cbr\u003eThe Lure of Innocence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 8\u003cbr\u003eChote Sain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 9\u003cbr\u003eKiller Waves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 10\u003cbr\u003eHeroes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 11\u003cbr\u003eIn the Name of Allah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 12\u003cbr\u003eShattering the Myth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Tehmina Durrani \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153772933488,"sku":"2440","price":24.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/2570.jpg?v=1793913912","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/blasphemy","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}