Since it is Pride month, I am sharing an excerpt from my review here. This novel is about Afghanistan by an Afghan writer, so it hopefully adds to the conversation on that topic as well. In general, I think there needs to be more discussion on BP about non-normative sexualities.
The Carpet Weaver, Nemat Sadat’s debut novel, is the story of a young Afghan man coming to terms with his sexuality amid a backdrop of civil war and political unrest in 1970s and ‘80s Afghanistan.As one of the few South Asian novels featuring homosexuality as a central theme, it is an important book. However, the plot could fairly be called cliched. Certainly, readers of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner would find much that is familiar in this novel.
The rest of the review can be found on Substack. Also see my review of Khaled Alesmael’s novel Selamlik.
hey Kabir – thanks for sharing. remember the Novel Precedent; 70% of a post must be fresh content to BP. so we edited the intermediate paragraph
funnily enough to kickstart discussions, u need Q to say something outrageous and then the rest of the Commentariat pile in on him 🙂
it’s astounding how Afghanistan was completely ruined as a society in the last 50 years.
To be honest the Persianate Realms (the 7 Stans) need to reflect on some sort of EU-lite Confederation.
https://brahm.beehiiv.com/p/founding-charter-of-the-golestan-union
I feel like if the “Saffroniate” cannot attack Pakistan they are not really bothered to comment. That’s just my impression.
I am quite surprised that the survey results have elicited so little discussion.
Yes, Afghanistan has had a tragic history ever since the Soviet invasion.
That’s very odd if it is genuinely as pathological as that..