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God's Own Land

Shaukat Siddiqui

Paperback | Pages: 245 pages

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Original Title:	خدا کی بستی
ISBN:	0836458141 (ISBN13: 9780836458145)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Adamjee Literary Award (1961)

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This novel is set in the slums of Pakistan, in Karachi and Lahore, not long after partition (the separation of Pakistan and India after they won independence from the British Empire). The language is a bit stilted, but translating it from Urdu slang into English is, I'm sure, a difficult task. But once I get over this, the story really grabbed me. Like when you're watching a horror flick and you want to scream at the girl not to go into the shower, since that's where the killer will get her, I kept wanting to shout at the characters in the book not to do the things they are doing, since it seemed they careened from mistake to mistake, and their lives are mostly tragic.

But they're clearly trapped by their poverty in crappy situations which it would take extra-special effort or a slew of good luck to break free from. The book's ending isn't so gloomy as it seems it's going to be, but still the novel's portrayal of common life in Pakistan is bleak. Although times have changed, and even some of the fruit sellers have cell phones to chat on as they drive their donkey carts around, I'm sure that the vast majority of Pakistanis today face much the same kind of desperate choices that the characters in this novel do.

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Title	:	God's Own Land
Author	:	Shaukat Siddiqui
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 245 pages
Published	:	October 1st 1993 by South Asia Books
Categories	:	Cultural. Pakistan. Drama

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This is one of the remarkable fiction work produced by the leftist school of writers in Pakistan. Characters are from the slums of Lahore/Punjab and as they travel to Karachi, the urban face of the country in transition, writer expresses how the power elite exploit the poor powerless classes in the society. I felt the social movement of 'Skylarks' part was borrowed from Maxim Gorky's 'Mother'. The language of this novel is not as refined as Abdullah Hussain's in 'Udaas Naslein' but it is closer

I have read the English translation (by David J Matthews) of this Urdu novel. The novel is set in Pakistan few years after its formation. It deals with the life of commoners and the problem faced by them - poverty, unemployment, exploitation. There is also the longing of the youth for a better life and their working towards it. Though the novel is mostly concentrated on one Pakistani family the story remains the same in the slum.The novel is one of that sort which prompts to you whisper or yell

A wonderful novel!Portrays a true and harsh image of our society.

واقعی ایک شاہکار. سن٥٠ کی دہائی کا یہ ناول پڑھ کے ایسا محسوس ہوا جیسے یہ آج کے ہی دور میں لکھا گیا ہو. یہ ناول آج کے دور کے بابوں کے منہ پر بھی ایک چماٹ ہے جو اپنے زمانے کی تعریف اور آج کے وقت کی برائی کرتے نہیں تھکتے. مصنف کا ہمارے معاشرہ پر انتہائی گہرا مشائدہ.غور کرنے پر یہ سب کردار ہمیں اپنے ارد گرد نظر آئیں گے اور شاید ہم بھی ان میں سے کوئی اک کردار ہوں.

One of the best novel i read after long time.Story is so sad.Even though its a fiction story with imaginary characters it took me almost a month to get over the sadness after reading this novel.

شوکت صدیقی صاحب کے خدا کی بستی کا شمار اردو کے چند بڑے ناولوں میں ہوتا ہے جس کی کہانی تقسیم کے بعد کے پاکستان کے بنتے بگڑتے معاشرے خاص کر بڑھتی طبقاتی تقسیم کا احاطہ کرتی ہے کہانی کئی کرداروں پر مشتمل ہے جن کی اپنی کئی چھوٹی کہانیاں دکھائی گئی ہیں بالعموم یہ ناول پڑھنے سے تعلق رکھتا ہے کئی جگہ پر مگر مصنف جلدی میں نظر آئے جہاں کہانی مزید گھرائی کی متقاضی تھی سب سے بنیادی نقطہ اس پوری کہانی کا مذہبی منافقت ہے جو آج کے تناظر میں بھی پورا اترتی ہے