Cover
Title Page
PROLOGUE: Death
Part One
DIA
1 Detour MAY 1992
DAANISH
1 Toward Karachi
2 High Volume OCTOBER 1989
3 Choice January 1990
4 Toward Anu MAY 1992
5 RecessAPRIL 1990
6 ArrivalMAY 1992
7 The Order of Things
ANU
1 Guipure Dreams
2 Argonaut
3 Girls MAY 1992
4 Shameful Behavior
1 More Apologies
2 Numbers
3 Life at the Farm
4 Choice
SALAAMAT
1 Sea Space MARCH 1984
2 Look, But With Love APRIL–JUNE 1984
3 The Ajnabi JULY–DECEMBER 1984
4 In the Picture MAY 1985
1 The Gag Order SEPTEMBER 1990
2 Revisions JUNE 1992
3 There, of course!
4 Every Thirty Seconds JANUARY 1991
5 Khurram’s Counsel JUNE 1992
6 The Rainbow Parade
7 The Find
1 Metamorphosis
2 Not Clear At All
3 Inam Gul For Ever
4 Examination
5 Assembling
Part Two
1 Here JULY 1992
2 The Bus JUNE 1986–FEBRUARY 1987
3 Blue MARCH 1987
4 The Fire
5 Ashes
6 Brother and Sister APRIL 1987
7 The Witness
1 The Doctor Looking In JULY 1992
2 The Clue
3 The Doctor Looking Out
1 Turmoil and Bliss
2 Rain
3 The Blending of the Ways
4 Darkness
1 News AUGUST 1992
2 Ancestry MAY–OCTOBER 1991
3 Rooms AUGUST 1992
4 Thirst
5 The Authorities
6 Open-ended
1 Schoolboys MAY 1987
2 Discipline JUNE 1987
3 Fate
4 The Highway
5 Remains AUGUST 1992
6 Fatah’s Law
7 A Visitor
RIFFAT
1 A Usual Day
2 Awakening APRIL–MAY 1968
3 Her Job, His Fight JUNE 1968
4 Parting JULY 1968–JULY 1972
5 What Sumbul Says AUGUST 1992
1 Fourth Life
EPILOGUE Birth
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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also by Uzma Aslam Khan
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