La honte

Omar Khayyam Shakil has three mothers and three daughters who manifest the symptoms of adolescence at the same time.Through the very strange education that they give him with the milk of their six teeth, they teach him never to forget his honour. Mais peut-on s'étonner de ces merveilles puisque cela se passe dans le Pakistan d'aujourd'hui (ou peut-être un Pakistan de fiction qui n'est pas tout à fait vrai lui non plus). Pourtant, Omar Khayyarn Shakil is not at the height of his destiny. He said it himself, without honour: I am a marginal man, others have played the first roles in the history of my life. First and foremost, there are the two national heroes who take power on tour after tour: Raza Hyder and Iskander Harappa. L'immigrant et l'indigène, le militaire et le civil, le pieux et le mécréant. The one can leave the other behind, without honour. There are also the grande dames: Rani, l'épouse de Harappa, qui brode des châles magiques ; sa fille Arj umand, connue sous le sobriquet de Vierge-à-culotte-de-fer ; Bilquis, l'épouse de Hyder qui a peur du vent ; et surtout sa fille Sufiya Zinobia l'idiote, qu'Omar Khayyam épousera, sans honte.In this family and national saga, where the coups d'état follow scandalous marriages, hypnotism and somnambulism play a decisive role. And, as always, the sexes seem to complicate everything. But during this time, a beast walks through the campsites and attacks the faces of those she encounters. A beast that never lets go. La Honte is a novel that takes on allures de conte de fées, de satire politique et de farce burlesque.