The World Unseen (novel)

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The World Unseen
Book cover, The Word Unseen, Sep 2008.jpg
Author Shamim Sarif
PublisherEnlightenment Productions
Publication date
September 22, 2008
Media typePrint, E-book
Pages322 pages
ISBN 0956031609

The World Unseen is a 2008 novel written by Shamim Sarif.

Contents

The movie with the same title made its debut before, more specifically in 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival, and its script was actually used in order to add the final touches to the novel. The film featured Sheetal Sheth and Lisa Ray as the protagonists. The actresses have collaborated with the award-winning author for another motion picture, an adaptation of Shamim's novel I Can't Think Straight .

Plot summary

In 1950’s South Africa, free-spirited Amina has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community, and the new apartheid-led government, by running a cafe with Jacob her “coloured” business partner. When she meets Miriam, a young wife and mother, their unexpected attraction pushes Miriam to question the rules that bind her. When Amina helps Miriam’s sister-in-law to hide from the police, a chain of events is set in motion that changes both women forever.

The World Unseen transports us to a vibrant, colourful world, a world that divides white from black and women from men, but one that might just allow an unexpected love to survive.

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