The Paradise of Food
The Paradise of Food is a book by Khalid Jawed which was published in 2022 by Juggernaut Books.[1]
Award[edit]
The book was awarded JCB Prize.[2][3]
Critical reception[edit]
Shuma Raha of Deccan Chronicle wrote "The Paradise of Food is a complex work that will fill you with disquiet, but if you read it, it will likely leave an indelible impression on you.",[4] Chintan Girish Modi of Moneycontrol wrote "Pick up this book if you do not mind reading about worms in intestines, people spitting phlegm, lizards falling into boiling milk, and bloodstains that look like korma gravy."[5] and Saloni Sharma of Scroll.in wrote "Despite its eschewal of realism, this novel is a text cognisant of the political climate it has been written in.".[6]
The book has been also reviewed by Ekram Khawar of The Indian Wire,[7] Syed Saad Ahmed of Hindustan Times,[8] Bindu Menon of The Tribune India[9] and The Times of India.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Jawed, Khalid (2022). The Paradise of Food. Juggernaut Books. ISBN 978-93-91165-64-2.
- ^ Khawar, Ekram. "'The Paradise of Food' Is a Sordid Saga of Onions and Garlic, Liver and Lungs, and Lust". The Indian Wire. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ Seth, Uddhav (2022-11-19). "Khalid Jawed's The Paradise of Food, translated into English from Urdu by Baran Farooqi, wins the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ Raha, Shuma (2023-01-22). "Book Review | Crime and punishment lurk as accidents in the kitchen corner". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ Modi, Chintan Girish (9 October 2022). "Book Review: In 2022 JCB shortlisted translation of Khalid Jawed's Urdu classic 'The Paradise of Food', disgust follows delight". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ Sharma, Saloni (4 June 2022). "'The Paradise of Food': Horror lurks in kitchen corners in Khalid Jawed's fiction of hostility". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ Khawar, Ekram. "'The Paradise of Food' Is a Sordid Saga of Onions and Garlic, Liver and Lungs, and Lust". The Indian Wire. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ Ahmed, Syed Saad (2022-07-06). "Review: The Paradise of Food by Khalid Jawed". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ Menon, Bindu. "'The Paradise of Food' by Khalid Jawed, a kitchen cabinet of memories". The Tribune India.
- ^ "Micro review: 'The Paradise of Food' by Khalid Jawed". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
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