{"product_id":"salt-and-saffron","title":"Salt and Saffron","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautifully written in cunning, punning, glancing prose' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Independent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A whirlwind ... Owes plenty to Salman Rushdie and some to Hollywood ... Exuberant, knowingly exotic and deceptively serious' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Kamila Shamsie has created a rich, bright world'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e - Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eComing back to Karachi is like stepping into the sea again after months on land.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAliya finds herself constantly enraptured by her family's unsettling legends. These are troublesome stories, tinged by the Dard-e-Dil's fear that they are cursed by their 'not-quite' twins. As she becomes romantically intertwined with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, Aliya begins to see links between herself and her scandalous aunt Mariam, which may spell her undoing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tale of family lore, secrets and forbidden love, \u003ci\u003eSalt and Saffron\u003c\/i\u003e is an awe-inspiring novel written with compassion, wryness and glittering prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A funny, clever and romantic story' \u003c\/b\u003e- Barbara Trapido \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The stories within the stories describe Pakistani society, its peoples and its mores, better than anything that has come from the Other Side for a long time. This is a good read' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- India Today\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833471217869,"sku":"9781526680006","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_4267e0a6-f83b-41f0-a262-2f927f6e47c8.jpg?v=1790874834","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/salt-and-saffron","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}