On 2010-02-14 R. Ross Rodgers, wrote: Uzma Aslam Khan in her first novel gives us an interesting and useful view of contemporary Pakistani life, but this book has its flaws. She uses the literary technique of bouncing forward and backward in time far too much, so that assembling the chronology in your mind can be difficult. The characters are presented often in the third person in such a way that they remain distant and, for me, not fully developed. Many women characters come across like romance novel stereotypes with a South Asian twist. Take note that the narrative includes a strong political polemic about United States foreign policy in Iraq and the Middle East which is one-sided and overblown, and yet still a good description of the way many -- indeed, most -- Pakistanis view the the course of U.S. activity and influence in the region. Several reviewers here have said they could not put this book down, but I was glad to be finished with it to get on to better writings. For a much better written and more enjoyable account of modern Pakistani lives and attitudes I would recommend Daniyal Mueenuddin´s ´In Other Rooms, Other Wonders,´ a National Book Award finalist.. And summed up by saying Fairly good, but not great. Currently Trespassing: A Novel has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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Metropolitan Books claimed A dazzling first novel of two lovers´ struggle for freedom and passion in a city riven by turmoilBack in Karachi for his father´s funeral, Daanish, a Pakistani student changed by his years at an American university, is entranced by the gazelle-eyed girl in the traditional dupatta who appears one day at the house of mourning. But the dupatta is deceptive: Dia is the modern daughter of a mother who, as the owner of a silk farm and factory, has achieved a degree of freedom rare among Pakistani women. It will take a handful of silkworms, fattened on mulberry leaves, to bring Daanish and Dia together. But their union will forever rupture the peace of two households and three families, destroying a stable present built on the repression of a bloody past.In this sweeping novel of modern Pakistan, Uzma Aslam Khan takes us deep into a world of radical contrasts, from the stifling demands of tradition and family to the daily oppression of routine political violence, from the gorgeous sensual vistas of the silk farms to the teeming streets of Karachi-stinking, crumbling, and corrupt.At once delicate and passionate, Trespassing introduces a new and powerful voice from a land we know too little about.
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