Nafisa Haji Books

Free-spirited and rebellious, Saira has grown up in California with her beautiful, obedient sister Ameena. From childhood, she has broken the boundaries between her desire for independence and her family's traditions - in particular, her Bombay-bred mother's idea of how girls should behave. Now, hungry for experience and curious about the world, Saira travels to Karachi for a wedding, and stumbles on family secrets that will shape the rest of her life. It's the beginning of a journey of understanding and reconciliation that goes back three generations. Further surprises are to come as Saira visits London and discovers the political forces that have driven her father's family, in India and in England. As her background gradually reveals itself, Saira finds that the battles she faces - over love, belonging and fulfilment - have faced others before, and comes to realise that her many-layered inheritance is a thing to be treasured. In a beautifully written and deeply moving narrative, Nafisa Haji explores issues of displacement and belonging and the lure of family, home and tradition versus career and the excitement of the wider world - for men as well as women.

Veličanstveno delo o tajnama, bolu, identitetu i nadi, u kojem traganje jedne mlade žene za samom sobom vodi do najvećih istina o svetu i samom životu. Kada se sukobe vera i činjenice, Džo Marč – mlada žena rođena u evangelističkoj hrišćanskoj porodici – bori se sa sumnjama i pitanjima o tome ko je ona i kako se uklapa u zaveštanje svoje religiozne porodice. Ona sledi niti za koje se nada da će je dovesti do istine, što je vodi do neverovatnog traganja iza granica jezika i vere, kroz provalije verskih podela u muslimanskom svetu, smeštene u okvire rata protiv terorizma; od Kalifornije do Čikaga, Pakistana do Iraka. Dok uranja duboko u prošlost, upoznaje brojne rođake sa različitim životnim pričama – za mnoge od njih nije ni znala da postoje – čija su iskustva nesumnjivo isprepletana sa njenim. Do kraja svog putovanja, saznaje da ništa nikad nije onakvo kakvim se čini i da su osobe koje su najviše posvećene duhovnom često one koje su nekada najviše sumnjale u svoju veru. Roman koji odiše mudrošću i samopouzdanjem, Slatki ukus suza predstavlja snažan podsetnik na spone koje nas povezuju, izbore koji nas dele i univerzalne radosti i tragedije koje nas sve oblikuju.