Irfan Master explores themes of cultural identity and immigration, with his debut novel set in the Gujarat region of India. His work delves into the complexities of navigating life between cultures, examining how environment shapes individuals. Master's narrative style is appreciated for its sincerity and insight into the human experience.
Donating your heart is the most precious gift of all. Adam is a teenage boy who lives with his mum and younger sister. Adam feels the weight of the world upon his shoulders. Then his grandfather dies and in doing so he donates a very precious gift - his heart.
An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition. Although the backdrop is this key event in Indian history, the novel is even more far-reaching, touching on the importance of tolerance, love and family. The main character is Bilal, a boy determined to protect his dying father from the news of Partition - news that he knows will break his father's heart. With great spirit and determination, and with the help of his good friends, Bilal persuades others to collude with him in this deception, even printing false pages of the local newspaper to hide the ravages of unrest from his father. All that Bilal wants is for his father to die in peace. But that means Bilal has a very complicated relationship with the truth...