| International Standard Book Number |
9780525655169 (electronic book)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780525655152 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0525655158 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Mueenuddin, Daniyal, author.
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| Title Statement |
This is where the serpent lives / Daniyal Mueenuddin.
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| Edition Statement |
First hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xi, 343 pages ; 25 cm.
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| General Note |
"A Borzoi book." -- title page verso.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Moving from Pakistan's dazzling chaotic cities to its lawless feudal countryside, This Is Where the Serpent Lives powerfully evokes contemporary feudal Pakistan, following the destinies of a dozen unforgettable characters whose lives are linked through violence and tragedy, triumph, and love. Orphaned as a little boy and fending for himself in the city streets, Yazid rises to a place of responsibility and respect in the Lahore household of Colonel Atar, a powerful industrialist and politician, only to find that position threatened by conflicting loyalties and misplaced trust. Born on Colonel Atar's country estate to a poor gardener, Saqib is entrusted with the management of a pioneering business, but he overreaches and finds himself an outlaw, confronting the violence of the corrupt Punjab Police. The colonel's son competes with his cherished brother for the love of a woman and discovers that her choice colors his life with unexpected darkness as well as light. In matters of power and money and the heart, Mueenuddin's characters struggle to choose between paths that are moral and just and more worldly choices that allow them to survive in the systems of caste, capital, and social power that so tightly grip their culture. Intimate and epic, elegiac and profoundly moving, This Is Where the Serpent Lives is a tour de force destined to become a classic of contemporary literature.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Set in urban and rural Pakistan, this novel follows the interconnected lives of multiple characters whose experiences reflect the country's feudal, political, and social structures. The narrative traces the rise and struggles of individuals shaped by poverty, power, loyalty, and ambition, including servants, landowners, and political elites. Through their personal relationships and moral choices, the novel examines issues of class, authority, corruption, and survival within contemporary Pakistani society, combining intimate character studies with a broad social portrait.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Families Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Loyalty Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Social classes Pakistan Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Feudalism Pakistan Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Political corruption Pakistan Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Pakistan Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Political fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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