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Writing Pakistan : Conversations on Identity, Nationhood and Fiction

By: Publication details: India; Harper Collins Publishers; 2016Description: 237 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9789352640133
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823
Summary: What does it mean to be an English-language fiction writer in a country that is perpetually on the brink of disaster? In this first-ever collection of interviews with Pakistani novelists writing in English, Mushtaq Bilal explores how fictions are informed by the authors' cultural identities. Is it possible, for instance, to write about Pakistan without self-censoring? How do writers contest and challenge Western stereotypes of the country? Do they even consciously do that? And what about challenging Pakistani stereotypes of the West? Providing fresh insights into some of the most important and politically engaged contemporary fiction to come out of the subcontinent, Writing Pakistan is essential reading for anyone interested in the art of storytelling, in books and in Pakistan itself - because to understand a nation, one needs to talk to those who are writing it.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi In Store 823 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn Not For Loan Book Bazaar PKLC021225
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Desi Reads 306.09 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Damaged PKLL000125
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore English Language Resources 306.09 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC021200
Total holds: 0

What does it mean to be an English-language fiction writer in a country that is perpetually on the brink of disaster? In this first-ever collection of interviews with Pakistani novelists writing in English, Mushtaq Bilal explores how fictions are informed by the authors' cultural identities. Is it possible, for instance, to write about Pakistan without self-censoring? How do writers contest and challenge Western stereotypes of the country? Do they even consciously do that? And what about challenging Pakistani stereotypes of the West? Providing fresh insights into some of the most important and politically engaged contemporary fiction to come out of the subcontinent, Writing Pakistan is essential reading for anyone interested in the art of storytelling, in books and in Pakistan itself - because to understand a nation, one needs to talk to those who are writing it.

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