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The World Unseen (novel)

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The World Unseen
AuthorShamim Sarif
PublisherThe Women's Press
Publication date2001
Pages322 pages
ISBN0704347121
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2008 novel written by Shamim Sarif

The World Unseen is a 2001 novel written by Shamim Sarif.

The movie with the same title made its debut in 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film featured Sheetal Sheth and Lisa Ray as the protagonists. The actresses have collaborated with the award-winning author for another motion picture, an adaptation of Shamim's novel I Can't Think Straight.

Plot summary

In 1950’s South Africa, free-spirited Amina has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community, and the new apartheid-led government, by running a cafe with Jacob her “coloured” business partner. When she meets Miriam, a young wife and mother, their unexpected attraction pushes Miriam to question the rules that bind her. When Amina helps Miriam’s sister-in-law to hide from the police, a chain of events is set in motion that changes both women forever.

References

  1. "The World Unseen (Book Review)". New Internationalist (339). October 2001 – via EBSCO.

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