This Other Salt

by Aamer Hussein

Book Overview

Betrayal, bereavement, exile, belonging - these are the themes that resonate throughout This Other Salt. A writer, torn between two loves, looks for his lost words in the gaps between memory, mourning and desire in the title story; in 'The Lost Cantos of the Silken Tiger' a poet revenges herself on her faithless lover by turning their romance into a legend of biblical proportions; and a teenage boy's life uncannily begins to resemble the role he plays...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0863565328
• ISBN13: 9780863565328
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"