Critical Interpretations
A number of readers and critics feel that the title and the theme of the book is not exactly about Kashmir; nevertheless, Kashmir is certainly a reference point of the novel.
The historical person Max Ophüls was a German filmmaker. Besides the birthplaces in the border region between Germany and France, the fictional Max Ophuls in the novel seems to have nothing in common with his historical namesake.
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