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Curfewed Night
One Kashmiri Journalist's Frontline Account of Life, Love, and War in His Homeland  
By Basharat Peer
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Curfewed Night is a brave and unforgettable piece of literary reporting that reveals the personal stories behind one of the most brutal conflicts in modern times. Since 1989, when the separatist movement exploded, more than seventy thousand people have been killed in the battle between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Born and raised in the war-torn region, Basharat Peer brings this little-known part of the world to life in haunting, vivid detail.

Peer tells stories from his youth and gives gut-wrenching accounts of the many Kashmiris he met years later as a reporter. He chronicles a young man's initiation into a Pakistani training camp, a mother forced to watch her son hold an exploding bomb by Indian troops, a poet finding religion when his entire family is killed. He writes about politicians living in refurbished torture chambers, idyllic villages rigged with land mines, and ancient Sufi shrines decimated in bomb blasts.

Curfewed Night is a tale of a man's love for his land, the pain of leaving home, and the joy of return -- as well as a fierce and moving piece of reportage from an intrepid young journalist.

"Describing the ruin of Kashmir, Curfewed Night doesn't only shock, it challenges our most cherished beliefs----in democracy, rule of law, and the power of individual conscience. Everyone should read it."
-- Pankaj Mishra, author of Temptations of the West
"The story of Kashmir has never been told before so evocatively and profoundly. Peer writes with the skill of a novelist, the insight of a journalist and the evocative power of a poet."
-- Ahmad Rashid, author of The Taliban and Descent
"A passionate and important book - a brave and brilliant report from a conflict the world has chosen to ignore."
-- Salman Rushdie
Curfewed Night is the finest book I have read on the contemporary Kashmir conflict -- literary, humane, clear-eyed and reliable. Basharat Peer has given voice, unforgettably, to a generation of Kashmiris who have never been heard in the United States, but who should be.
-- Steve Coll, author of The Bin Ladens, Ghost Wars and On The Grand Trunk Road
"Curfewed Night is the finest book I have read on the contemporary Kashmir conflict
-- literary, humane, clear-eyed, and reliable. Basharat Peer has given voice, unforgettably, to a generation of Kashmiris who have never been heard in the United States, but who should be."
— Steve Coll, author of The Bin Ladens, Ghost Wars, and On the Grand Trunk Road
"Describing the ruin of Kashmir, Curfewed Night doesn't only shock, it challenges our most cherished beliefs -- in democracy, rule of law, and the power of individual conscience. Everyone should read it."
-- Pankaj Mishra, author of Temptations of the West
"A passionate and important book - a brave and brilliant report from a conflict the world has chosen to ignore."
— Salman Rushdie
"The story of Kashmir has never been told before so evocatively and profoundly. Peer writes with the skill of a novelist, the insight of a journalist, and the evocative power of a poet."
-- Ahmed Rashid, author of Taliban and Descent into Chaos
Curfewed Night is the finest book I have read on the contemporary Kashmir conflict – literary, humane, clear-eyed and reliable. Basharat Peer has given voice, unforgettably, to a generation of Kashmiris who have never been heard in the United States, but who should be.
— Steve Coll, author of The Bin Ladens, Ghost Wars and On The Grand Trunk Road
The Write Stuff: Basharat Peer
Modern Luxury, February 2, 2010
... PEER REVIEW Peer, and inset, his book Curfewed Night. | Peer photo by Ted Weesner Who says the book-publishing industry is on the downswing? With the city’s new crop of literary darlings—a diverse, talented bunch of authors ...
Under the tome
Business Standard India, December 18, 2009
...House) Travels with the faith-intoxicated singers of Bengal, written by an insider to the world of the Bauls. CURFEWED NIGHT Basharat Peer, (Random House) This memoir of growing up in Kashmir provides a personal view of its troubled history. ...