Veronica and the Gongora Passion: Stories, Fictions, Tales and One Fable — Zulfikar Ghose

Displaying the astonishing range of imaginative power and formal invention he is justly acclaimed for, and a subtly secutive prose, Ghoe lays bare the multiple layers of himan experience in setings as diverse as South America, India and Pakistan, and Islamic Spain. These stories are to be savoured as much for their rich stricitre and wonderful language as for the depth of their revelations.

"Zulfikar Ghose has ranked with and outranked several of the best English writers in England and America." - Review of Contemporary Fiction

Of his previous work:

"a more successful blend of allegory and social realism would be hard to find ... seethes withlife and lingers in the mind. Considered with his other impressive works, it places him in the front rank of world writers." - Library Journal, of Don Bueno

"This may well be one of the great novels - erotic, tatalistic, monumental and magnificent." - The Daily Telegraph (London), of A New Hostiry of Torments

"[his] strength lies in [his] control of material, anarea in which he is superior to Rushdie." - The Irish Times, of The Triple Mirror of the Self "This fable comes to life from the very beginning iwth rich, engaging detail. It soars toward he magic through fascinating characterizations and clever turns of plot ... a journey along Ghose's enchanted byways replaus the investment." - The Pittsburgh Press, of Figures of Enchantment