About the Book: Indian Dust
"I will lend it to you,"Subhana said,"so that you can feast your eyes on it."For
two days it adorned the sitting-room of the houseboat. He might have added,"Once
it has been in your possession you will find that you cant live without it."The
carpet merchant Subhana artfully spins a complex web of charm, enticement and an
extended wazwan to make a Persian rug irresistible to a customer. Sister Malone
of the Elizabeth Scott Hospital finds her adamantine faith in the power of God
and medicine tested when she meets a man quietly but firmly resolved to die.
Young Ibrahim of the nomadic