Lisa Ray Instagram – I am BURSTING with excitement and pride. This is the book the WORLD NEEDS RIGHT NOW. Order. Now. Thank me later. Repost from @karunaezara using @RepostRegramApp – So very very very thrilled to share that THE HEART ASKS PLEASURE FIRST, my first book, will be out with @PanMacmillanIndia on 21st September 2020, and is now available for pre-order! This here for the first time is the cover created by none other than @ShiloShivSuleman. I’m not sure how to process this moment, because up until now this book was mine. But now, I offer it to you. I hope you will find it worthy. Thank you for waiting over a decade for me to tell this story. ❤️ Here’s what my wonderful publishers have to say about the book:
It’s a sunny day in 2001 and Daya, a ballet student, is sitting in a park in Wales far away from her home in India. Unbeknownst to her, she is about to meet Aaftab, a young Muslim lawyer from Pakistan, and fall inexplicably in love. Even as Aaftab battles his heart, their relationship transcends the divides of religion, nationality and language. They forge profound bonds but the cataclysmic events of the year will have dangerous ramifications and push them to confront the most difficult complexities of their lives. Set in a world of students but breathtaking in its expansiveness, The Heart Asks Pleasure First is a spellbinding first novel that speaks urgently to the frailties of our times. Karuna Ezara Parikh humanizes the big themes of friendship and family, migrant and xenophobia, with the deftness of a poet and the magic of a born storyteller.
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#TheHeartAsksPleasureFirst | Posted on 17/Aug/2020 12:28:27