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The Hidden Imam

A Novel

by Pranesh Prasad

2018316 pages

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What does it take to realise that to have loved and be loved by many is what makes life what it is? In the solitude of her rural cottage in New Zealand, newly married Zainab realises her husband Khalid is not the man she thought he was. As Zainab tries to make sense of Khalid, she discovers his pastinvolving political assassinations and alover who made the ultimate sacrifice for him. Despite feeling that she could never be Khalid’s true love, Zainabworks on her marriage. Then one day, Khalid disappears. When Zainab returns to India to search for him,she is haunted by her own equally disturbing past and secrets, which are rooted inreligious discrimination, caste resentment and sexual violence.

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  • “With fine stylistic nuance and a deep understanding of the vicissitudes of human character, PraneshPrasad offers readersinsight into the gradual evolution of religious devotion, the painful inequalities of the Indian caste system, and the choices – for both a man and a woman – pursuant to a life of passion and conviction.”
  • – Professor Michael Wutz , Department of English, Weber University, Utah
  • “The messy conjunction of Indian and New Zealand cultures that Pranesh Prasad describes so effectively in his new novel The Hidden Imam , speaks directly to our global moment. We vividly see through the narrator’s eyes, how religion and gender, upbringing and geopolitics comingle to produce layers of displacement that are sometimes revelatory, sometimes violent, and that every reader will relate to.”
  • – Professor Alan Johnson , Department of English, Idaho State University, Idaho
  • “The writing is wonderful.”
  • – Carrie Patterson , Curator, Writer and Editor – DoppelHousePress, California

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