"A thing of beauty. . . . You must read it."Â-Nadeem Aslam
"A shower of pleasures."Â-Julia O'Faolain
"Sophisticated, cosmopolitan and seductive, the novel engages
mind and senses alike."Â-André Naffis-Sahely, The Times
Literary Supplement
Like his parents, he too spent many hours sending cloud messages
to other places, messages of longing for something that he knew
existed otherwhere.
London, that distant rainy place his father lived in once, is where
Mehran finds himself after leaving Karachi in his teens. And it is
there that his adult life unfolds: he discovers the joys of poetry,
faces the trials of love and work, and spends his dreaming hours
"sending cloud messages to other places," hoping, one day,
to tell his own story.
A feeling of not quite belonging anywhere pursues Mehran as he
travels to Italy, India, and Pakistan. But the relationships he
formsÂ-with wounded, passionate Marvi, volatile Marco, and the
enigmatic RiccardaÂ-and his power of recollection finally bring him
some sense, however fleeting, of home.
Aamer Hussein was born in Karachi in 1955 and moved to London
in his teens. He lectures at the University of Southampton and the
Institute of English Studies and is a fellow of the Royal Society of
Literature. His novella Another Gulmohar Tree was shortlisted
for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Europe and South Asia 2010.
Aamer Hussein was born in Karachi in 1955 and moved to London in
his teens. He lectures at the University of Southampton and the
Institute of English Studies, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Literature. His novella Another Gulmohar Tree was shortlisted for the
Commonwealth Writers' Prize Europe and South Asia in 2010.
