Urdustan is Sabina England’s first novel which was self-published on June 2012. It is a collection of short stories. Follow Sabina’s weekly discussion of her novel on “The American Dream is Dead.” The book was available on Lulu only and not available on Amazon or anywhere else.
REVIEW OF URDUSTAN (written by Jean-Marc Lederman, a musician based in Brussels, Belgium)
Seven stories, four nations, one people.
Whether it’s a slaughterhouse in the East End of London or a run-down hotel in the holy city of Al-Madinah, a tiny township in Northern Michigan or a fishing village on the Bay of Bengal in India, people yearn for the same thing in common–life–to experience life and to feel alive.
Urdustan tells the stories of North Indians and Pakistanis; Muslims and Hindus; Desi Americans and British Asians. All come from the same land yet each leads a different life and tells a different story; each shares the desire to experience love and friendship, the insatiable urge to connect to others on a human level.
Urdustan reveals multiple personalities of the South Asian diaspora that are often ignored. The stories are richly interwoven with different characters from many walks of life–Hasidic Jews, African Americans, punks, deaf teens, gay males, and even supernatural creatures such as vampires and angels. Romance, horror, racism, homophobia, audism, love, death, spirituality, fantasy, friendship all play important factors in the storytelling of Urdustan. Each story is a small reflection of the greatly diverse world we live in and call our home.
Urdustan contains seven stories. These are called (in order of listing) :
REVIEW OF URDUSTAN
Thank you to Robb Grindstaff, Jeffrey S. Callico, Jean-Marc Lederman, Billee 3000, family and friends for the support in Sabina’s endeavor to self-publish her first novel. Follow Sabina’s weekly discussion of her novel on “The American Dream is Dead.”
REVIEW OF URDUSTAN (written by Jean-Marc Lederman, a musician based in Brussels, Belgium)
Seven stories, four nations, one people.
Whether it’s a slaughterhouse in the East End of London or a run-down hotel in the holy city of Al-Madinah, a tiny township in Northern Michigan or a fishing village on the Bay of Bengal in India, people yearn for the same thing in common–life–to experience life and to feel alive.
Urdustan tells the stories of North Indians and Pakistanis; Muslims and Hindus; Desi Americans and British Asians. All come from the same land yet each leads a different life and tells a different story; each shares the desire to experience love and friendship, the insatiable urge to connect to others on a human level.
Urdustan reveals multiple personalities of the South Asian diaspora that are often ignored. The stories are richly interwoven with different characters from many walks of life–Hasidic Jews, African Americans, punks, deaf teens, gay males, and even supernatural creatures such as vampires and angels. Romance, horror, racism, homophobia, audism, love, death, spirituality, fantasy, friendship all play important factors in the storytelling of Urdustan. Each story is a small reflection of the greatly diverse world we live in and call our home.
Urdustan contains seven stories. These are called (in order of listing) :
- “Broken Pakistani Heart” (a story set in Texas, which deals with the India-Pakistan division)
- “Leon, Her Hasidic Jewish Friend” (a friendship story set in Brooklyn, New York)
- “Vetala: An Indian Vampire in London” (a horror story set in both London and Ranchi, India)
- “The Lady of Lake Superior” (a fantasy/friendship story set in Negaunee, Michigan and Orissa, India)
- “The Beggars of Old Delhi” (a ABCD American Born Confused Desi story set in Delhi, India)
- “Love and Death in Al-Madinah” (a supernatural religious love story set in the holy city of Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia)
- “Bushra, Phylly Jane” (a story set in Kansas City about deafness, audism, and homophobia)
REVIEW OF URDUSTAN
Thank you to Robb Grindstaff, Jeffrey S. Callico, Jean-Marc Lederman, Billee 3000, family and friends for the support in Sabina’s endeavor to self-publish her first novel. Follow Sabina’s weekly discussion of her novel on “The American Dream is Dead.”
