This is one of the most exciting anthologies of English writing to come out of Pakistan. The literary journalist, Muneeza Shamsie has put together a retrospective selection of poetry, fiction and drama by over forty writers of Pakistani origin including those living in the diaspora such as Tariq Ali, Hanif Kureishi, Rukhsana Ahmad, and Aamer Hussein. The book begins with the pre-Partition works of Shahid Suhrawardy and Ahmed Ali. It has extracts from Bapsi Sidhwa-s The Ice Candy-Man, the fluid prose and poetry of Zulfikar Ghose, the prize-winning chapter from Sara Suleri-s Meatless Days, the classical poetry of Taufiq Rafat and Maki Kureishi, together with the work of a newer generation of writers such as Hina Faisal Imam, Moniza Alvi, and Sorayya Y. Khan.
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