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One Kashmiri Journalist's Frontline Account Of Life, Love, And War In His Homeland
Scribner
February 2010
On Sale: February 2, 2010
240 pages
ISBN: 1439109109
EAN: 9781439109106
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Curfewed Night is a brave and unforgettable piece of
literary reporting that reveals the personal stories behind
one of the most brutal conflicts in modern times. Since
1989, when the separatist movement exploded, more than
seventy thousand people have been killed in the battle
between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Born and raised in
the war-torn region, Basharat Peer brings this little-known
part of the world to life in haunting, vivid detail.Peer
tells stories from his youth and gives gut-wrenching
accounts of the many Kashmiris he met years later as a
reporter. He chronicles a young man's initiation into a
Pakistani training camp, a mother forced to watch her son
hold an exploding bomb by Indian troops, a poet finding
religion when his entire family is killed. He writes about
politicians living in refurbished torture chambers, idyllic
villages rigged with land mines, and ancient Sufi shrines
decimated in bomb blasts.Curfewed Night is a tale of a man's
love for his land, the pain of leaving home, and the joy of
return -- as well as a fierce and moving piece of reportage
from an intrepid young journalist.
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