Stranger to History: A Son’s Journey Through Islamic Lands by Aatish Taseer

 

Category: Non-fiction
Publisher (English): Canongate Books
Publisher (Malayalam translation): DC Books
Publisher (Marathi translation): Mouj Prakashan
Rights: Indian Language Rights Available (excluding Malayalam and Marathi)

As a child, all Aatish Taseer ever had of his father was his photograph in a browning silver frame. Raised by his Sikh mother in Delhi, his Pakistani father remained a distant figure, almost a figment of his imagination, until Aatish crossed the border when he was twenty-one to finally meet him.

The author: Aatish Taseer