{"product_id":"9781526680006","title":"Salt and Saffron","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Shamsie, Kamila \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAsia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 25 September 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 20 | 188g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beautifully written in cunning, punning, glancing prose' - Independent'A whirlwind … Owes plenty to Salman Rushdie and some to Hollywood … Exuberant, knowingly exotic and deceptively serious' - Guardian'Kamila Shamsie has created a rich, bright world' - Times Literary SupplementComing back to Karachi is like stepping into the sea again after months on land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAliya finds herself constantly enraptured by her family’s unsettling legends. These are troublesome stories, tinged by the Dard-e-Dil’s fear that they are cursed by their ‘not-quite’ twins. As she becomes romantically intertwined with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, Aliya begins to see links between herself and her scandalous aunt Mariam, which may spell her undoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tale of family lore, secrets and forbidden love, Salt and Saffron is an awe-inspiring novel written with compassion, wryness and glittering prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A funny, clever and romantic story' - Barbara Trapido'The stories within the stories describe Pakistani society, its peoples and its mores, better than anything that has come from the Other Side for a long time. This is a good read' - India Today\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47307137581315,"sku":"9781526680006","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781526680006.jpg?v=1759842268","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.pro\/products\/9781526680006","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}