عنوان

Apples and Knives (A Novel)

Number

TL48828

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Apples and Knives (A Novel)

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Suman Mallick

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Paulson, A. B.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Portland State University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

149

Text of Note

Committee members: Magaldi, Karin; Zumas, Helen M.

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-96836-0

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.F.A.

Discipline of degree

English - including writing

Body granting the degree

Portland State University

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

In the novel "Apples and Knives," which is my Thesis project to meet the requirements for a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing/Fiction, ZULEIKHA, who was trained as a pianist in her hometown of Lahore, Pakistan, arrives in Irving, Texas after her arranged marriage to ISKANDER, but finds it difficult to get accustomed to the appurtenances, encumbrances, and perquisites of the middle-class housewife lifestyle. Despite giving birth to a son, WASIM, she quickly falls out of love with her dutiful but straight-laced husband. She begins giving private lessons, and commences an affair with PATRICK, a transplanted Canadian who is trapped in his own loveless marriage. When she gets pregnant, Zuleikha is convinced the child belongs to her husband. She ends her affair with Patrick, but Iskander finds out about it anyway. The ensuing confrontation between Zuleikha and Iskander turns into a physical altercation, during which Zuleikha, having fallen to the floor, is unable to see if Iskander stomps on her belly, or falls on her by accident as he will later claim. The trauma results in a miscarriage.

Creative writing; American literature

Subject Term

Language, literature and linguistics;Communication and the arts;Domestic violence;Muslim woman;Texas law

Naderi, Pooya Shawn Darius

Paulson, A. B.

Subdivision

English - including writing

Portland State University

Call Number

1806945337; 10141476

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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