{"product_id":"the-song-of-distant-bulbuls-9789354474354","title":"The Song of Distant Bulbuls","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the autumn of 1939, seventeen-year-old Sammi has been married for only\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etwenty-one days when her husband, Hari Singh, an officer in the British Indian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmy, is summoned to fight inWWII.The heartbroken couple bid each other\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egoodbye. Sammi awaits Hari Singh's return in her village, Aliwala, a syncretic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehamlet with Sufi bearings in the hinterland of Punjab. It is 1946 but there is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eno word from Hari Singh. He has been gone for nearly seven years. Caught\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetween her two feuding brothers, Jasjit and Kirpal, the now twenty-threeyear-old Sammi clings to her husband's memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndia is on the brink of gaining independence from the British. Jasjit worries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat independence will damage age-old communal bonds and separate him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom his closest friend, Zulfi Sheikh. Meanwhile Kirpal plans to solidify his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esocial standing by forcing Sammi to marry his boyhood friend, the influential\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBachan Singh.Will Sammi be forced into a second marriage or will she find\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe courage to step out of the narrow alleys of Aliwala in search of a new life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by true events, The Song of Distant Bulbuls is set in a singularly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eturbulent time in world history.The novel poses epic questions: is happiness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean elusive goal? Is love the ultimate aim of human life or a means to something\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eelse?What does it take to realize who one truly loves and how much?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16416777\"\u003eSimrita Dhir\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354474354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354474357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526140358893,"sku":"9789354474354","price":37.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_df2cab4a-6ec6-4909-be5e-20d633e626b4.jpg?v=1701359914","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-song-of-distant-bulbuls-9789354474354","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}