{"product_id":"9780811204422","title":"River of Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most important novel of twentieth-century Urdu fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e The most important novel of twentieth-century Urdu fiction. Qurratulain Hyder's \u003ci\u003eRiver of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e makes a bid to be recognized in the West as what it has long been acknowledged in the East: the most important novel of twentieth-century Urdu fiction. First published as \u003ci\u003eAag ka Darya\u003c\/i\u003e in 1959, \u003ci\u003eRiver of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e encompasses the fates of four recurring characters over two and a half millennia: Gautam, Champa, Kamal, and CyrilBuddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian. In different eras different relations form and reform among the four: romance and war, possession and dispossession. Interweaving parables, legends, dreams, diaries, and letters, Hyder's prose is lyrical and witty. And she argues for a culture that is inclusive: \u003ci\u003eRiver of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that insists on the irrelevance of religion in defining Indian identity.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128269488368,"sku":"9780811204422","price":17.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811204422_p0.jpg?v=1763741652","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811204422","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}