· Once at an event in Srinagar, in Kashmir, a sobbing man asked Mirza Waheed to stop reading from The Collaborator, the writer's first novel. The story, set in a village on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) in the early s, was too real; the man was overcome. This remarkable anecdote is also the sort of titbit that may attach itself to a book's reputation like a garish award emblem, Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. Mirza Waheed was born and brought up in Kashmir. His debut novel, The Collaborator, was an international bestseller, was a finalist for the Guardian First Book Award and the Shakti Bhat Prize, and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. It was selected by Waterstones as part of its big literary debut promotion, ‘Waterstones 11’/5. Book Review: ‘The Collaborator’ by Mirza Waheed - Chandra Mauli Singh These days I have been reading all fiction; much to do with my physical and mental state, tired and exhausted with the Delhi chill getting the better of me. In the course of these reads, the first to be reviewed here for my blog is Mirza Waheed’s debut novel ‘The Collaborator’.Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.
The Collaborator initially begins as a story about friendship but as it progresses it turns into a work that explores the heart of a country broken by war. The beauty of Kashmir is brought vividly to life by Mirza Waheed as he shares the grief of this forgotten country through the melancholy voice of his teenage narrator. The Collaborator. Mirza Waheed. 01 February Kashmir in the s: anonymous burials, real and fake encounters, ID card terror, the fatal exodus of young men to Pakistan. The war has reached the border village of Nowgam and its headman's son is forced to become an unwilling collaborator when his father chooses to stay behind instead of. Mirza Waheed is a Kashmiri now living and working in London. His first novel, The Collaborator, is written with a barely veiled rage and hatred toward the Indian army and its political masters who set military policy in Kashmir. The unnamed boy who tells his story was, in happier days, one of a small group of lads who learnt to swim in Kashmir.
Mirza Waheed was born and brought up in Kashmir. His debut novel The Collaborator was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Shakti Bhat Prize, and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. The Collaborator - Kindle edition by Waheed, Mirza. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Collaborator. The Collaborator by Mirza Waheed – review. Kamila Shamsie is gripped by a debut novel that offers a devastating portrait of Kashmir. Border country Indian soldiers patrol the Line of Control.
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