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" Apples and Knives (A Novel) "
Suman Mallick
Paulson, A. B.
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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| Record Number
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804016
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TL48828
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1806945337; 10141476
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| Main Entry
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Naderi, Pooya Shawn Darius
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| Title & Author
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Apples and Knives (A Novel)\ Suman MallickPaulson, A. B.
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| College
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Portland State University
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2016
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| Degree
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M.F.A.
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English - including writing
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2016
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149
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| Note
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Committee members: Magaldi, Karin; Zumas, Helen M.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-96836-0
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| Abstract
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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.
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Creative writing; American literature
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| Descriptor
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Language, literature and linguistics;Communication and the arts;Domestic violence;Muslim woman;Texas law
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Paulson, A. B.
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English - including writingPortland State University
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