Synopses & Reviews
(A New History of Torments) "This may be one of the great novels -- erotic, fatalistic, monumental and magnificent". -- The Daily Telegraph (London)
"A more succesful blend of allegory and social realism would be hard to find...seethes with life and lingers in the mind. Considered with his other impressive works, it places him in the front rank of world writers". -- Library Journal
"A journey along Ghose's enchanted byways richly repays the investment". -- The Pittsburgh Press (Don Bueno) "...I've fallen into some pretty good company -- Zulfikar Ghose, Borges, Cortazar, Mircea Eliade, Italo Calvino, Stanislaw Lem -- some of the world's best writers of and about the fantastic in literature... These writers slip effortlessly beneath the surface and bring back pearls of rare beauty from the dreamy depths of the unconscious". John Strausbaugh, City Paper (Baltimore) (The Triple Mirror of the Self) "From the first page, Ghose is performing as storyteller and entertainer... While Ghose...shares the tone of witty exasperation which so often surfaces in the work of Salman Rushdie, the strength of The Triple Mirror of the Self lies in Ghose's control of his material, an area in which he is superior to Rushdie". -- The Irish Times
Displaying an astonishing range of imaginative power and formal invention Zulfikar Ghose's stories offer superior literary pleasure to the reader looking for more than the mere sociological representation of bourgeois banalities. Here is a subtle and rich prose that captures layers of human experience with meanings that come to the reader as sudden and startling revelations.
The first part of the book contains stories charged with metaphysical knowledge that isboth revelatory and terrifying -- for example, characters trapped in their own lust envisioning a destiny in which beauty and death become an explosive coincidence. The second part contains more direct stories, including stinging criticisms and delightful satires of fundamentalists both religious and political.
Synopsis
Short Fiction and fable. Displaying the astonishing range of imaginative power and formal invention he is justly acclaimed for, and a subtly seductive prose, Ghose lays bare the multiple layers of human experience in settings a diverse as South America, India and Pakistan, and Islamic Spain. These stories are to be savoured as much for their rich structure and wondeful language as for the depth of their revelations. Zulfikar Ghose has ranked with and outranked several of the best English writers in England and America--Review of Contemporary Fiction. Ghose is the author of ten novels, five volumes of poetry, four books of criticism, and an autobiography.
Synopsis
Displaying the astonishing range of imaginative power and formal invention he is justly acclaimed for, and a subtly secutive prose, Ghoe lays bare the multiple layers of himan experience in setings as diverse as South America, India and Pakistan, and Islamic Spain. These stories are to be savoured as much for their rich stricitre and wonderful language as for the depth of their revelations.
Zulfikar Ghose has ranked with and outranked several of the best English writers in England and America. - Review of Contemporary Fiction
Of his previous work:
a more successful blend of allegory and social realism would be hard to find ... seethes withlife and lingers in the mind. Considered with his other impressive works, it places him in the front rank of world writers. - Library Journal, of Don Bueno
This may well be one of the great novels - erotic, tatalistic, monumental and magnificent. - The Daily Telegraph (London), of A New Hostiry of Torments
his strength lies in his control of material, anarea in which he is superior to Rushdie. - The Irish Times, of The Triple Mirror of the Self This fable comes to life from the very beginning iwth rich, engaging detail. It soars toward he magic through fascinating characterizations and clever turns of plot ... a journey along Ghose's enchanted byways replaus the investment. - The Pittsburgh Press, of Figures of Enchantment