Usman is visiting post-war London from Pakistan when he meets a young aspiring artist called Lydia who has, like him, come out of an unhappy marriage. Just as the lonely strangers' friendship begins to blossom into something deeper Usman has to return to Karachi, leaving Lydia behind. Two years later, Lydia impulsively abandons her life in London and boards a ship to Karachi, where the two are married. But as the years flit by Usman feels distanced from his life and realises that he hasn't noticed the buds of the gulmohar tree unfurl. A beautiful account of a marriage that is in turns wry and unashamedly romantic.
- ISBN10 0143067397
- ISBN13 9780143067399
- Publish Date 1 January 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 October 2023
- Publish Country IN
- Imprint Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 150
- Language English