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Empire of the Mind
A Journey Through Great Britain
- Author: Iqbal Ahmed
- Category: Non-fiction
- Publisher: Constable
- Pub date: 26 April 2007
- Length: 256 pages
About Empire of the Mind
Fascinating, humorous and poignant.
- The Times
A great tenderness of spirit suffuses this book.
- Independent on Sunday
The literary equivalent of stopping in your tracks for a moment and looking about you. Sometimes, though, we don’t have time. We need writers to do this for us. Iqbal Ahmed is one such writer.
Lillian Pizzichini
As a child in Kashmir, Iqbal Ahmed imagined a Great Britain as the mother country of the Empire, a place full of wonders and delight. Living in London, he goes in search of the nation he once dreamt of, visiting the many different cities and towns of his imagination to find them as something altogether different. On his journey, he encounters immigrants who struggle with English life, and the question of belonging. This book is the story of the journey from imagination to reality where the real nature of Britain reveals itself.
About the Author
Iqbal Ahmed was born in Kashmir in 1968 and has lived in London since 1994. His first novel, SORROWS OF THE MOON, was one of Guardian’s books of the year in 2005, and his second novel, EMPIRE OF THE MIND, was one of the Independent on Sunday’s recommended books the following year.
Iqbal is a contributer to several newspapers and magazines, including The London Review of Books, The Independent and The Bookseller. He is currently writing his third novel.