AUTHOR : Abdus Samad TRANSLATED BY: Syed Anwar Ali

GENRE :Translation (Urdu)

QUICK TAKE:

Lustre is a fictionalized tale of what is heard in the news too often A heart rending tale full of political ambition and greed

SYNOPSIS:

When a group of seven girls is brutally gang raped by a gang of upper caste men, a small village comes under the national spotlight The police, politicians and the local Naxalite leaders pull the villagers into various directions Raju, a young boy, thus begins his political journey and comes to realize the value of things that truly matter Lustre is a fictionalized tale of what is heard in the news too often A heart rending tale full of political ambition and greed, it is also shows us a way out of grimy reality It is only when one individual changes can we expect a society to change

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Abdus Samad is an award winning Urdu writer and poet He started writing at the age of fifteen and he received numerousawards for his novels He is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award and he was on the board of the prestigious Jnanpith award

BINDING: Paperback

PAGES: 461

Lustre by Abdus Samad