The Sea Lies Ahead

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  First published in India in 2015 by Harper Perennial

  An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers India

  Original copyright © Intizar Husain 2015

  Translation copyright © Rakhshanda Jalil 2015

  P-ISBN: 978-93-5177-280-4

  Epub Edition © October 2015 ISBN: 978-93-5177-281-1

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  Intizar Husain asserts the moral right

  to be identified as the author of this work.

  This is a work of fiction and all characters and incidents described in this book are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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  Cover design: Harshad Maratho

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