Stealing Nasreen is a novel about the lives of three very different people, all of whom belong to the same small religious community. Set in Toronto with back story in Mumbai, Nasreen Batawala, an Indo-Canadian lesbian and burnt-out psychologist, becomes enmeshed in the lives of Shaffiq and Salma Paperwala, new immigrants from Mumbai. While working in the same Toronto hospital as Nasreen, Shaffiq develops a persistent and confusing fascination with Nasreen, causing him to bring home and hide things he “finds” in her office. Salma, his wife, discovers some of these hidden treasures and suspects that something is amiss. Unbeknownst to Shaffiq, Nasreen begins attending weekly Gujarati classes taught by Salma, who finds herself inexplicably attracted to her student. An impulsive kiss sets off a surprising course of events.
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Farzana Doctor is a queer South Asian writer in Toronto. Her fiction and poetry has been published in Siren Magazine, Trikone, Sightlines 7 Anthology and Aurat Durbar. She has had chapters published in edited books, co-written a manual for therapists, co-written plays and co-produced a documentary. She is employed as a social worker, educator and consultant.
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Best Novel I've Read This Year!
May 26 2009
By Nancy Manahan
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Format:Paperback
I could hardly put this book down. It haunted me when I wasn't reading it, the first time that a novel has had a hypnotic effect on me in a long time. All three main characters are complex, sympathetic, and real. I felt equally absorbed in the story of each one.
It is a pleasure to read about a lesbian character who is fully human and whose sexual orientation is a given. I appreciate that Nasreen struggles with neither internalized homophobia nor intense social discrimination.
I highly recommend this nuanced, insightful, generous, concise, and beautifully-written book.
It is a pleasure to read about a lesbian character who is fully human and whose sexual orientation is a given. I appreciate that Nasreen struggles with neither internalized homophobia nor intense social discrimination.
I highly recommend this nuanced, insightful, generous, concise, and beautifully-written book.
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It was okay until the climax
Dec 11 2009
By Wal-mart Visa Gift Card
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Lots of stories have difficulties finding the right tone for the falling action of a plot once the climax has been receieved. the book has a very intense beginning that does keep you at the egde of your seat but, upon wanting more out of the book-as in a actualy lesbian relationship and growing of the characters, i was disappointed.
after the kiss salma gave to nasreen, i felt everything went down and once i scanned through the rest of the book, because it suddenly got to boring to read, i wondered what was the actual story of the book. what was the point? and if anyone can answer that question then that would be great.
after the kiss salma gave to nasreen, i felt everything went down and once i scanned through the rest of the book, because it suddenly got to boring to read, i wondered what was the actual story of the book. what was the point? and if anyone can answer that question then that would be great.
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