Description
"In Other Rooms, Other Wonders" illuminates a place and people as it describes the overlapping worlds of an extended Pakistani landowning family. Servants, masters, peasants and socialites, all inextricably bound to each other, confront the advantages and constraints of their station, the dissolution of old ways, and the shock of change. These richly textured stories reveal the complexities of Pakistani class and culture, as they describe the loves, triumphs, misunderstandings and tragedies of everyday life.
Will appeal to fans of The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry and The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz A story from this collection, 'Our Lady of Paris', was nominated for a National Magazine Award Shortlisted for the National Book Award Finalisted for the LA Times Best First Book Award Winner of the Best First Book Award for the Commonwealth Writers' Award (South Asia and Europe) Winner of the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award Winner of the 2009 Story Prize
About the Author
Daniyal Mueenuddin graduated from Dartmouth College and Yale Law School. After winning a Fulbright scholarship to study in Norway, he practiced law in New York before returning to Khanpur, Pakistan to manage the family farm. He divides his time between Cairo and Pakistan. Stories in this collection have appeared in the New Yorker, Granta and Salman Rushdie's Best American Short Story collection. 'Our Lady of Paris' was nominated for a National Magazine Award.
Reviews
'In Other Rooms, Other Wonders may be fiction but it is of such an authentic stamp that it is history as well, more so by the day, and deserves to be read as such' The Times 'An astonishing collection of tales' William Dalrymple 'These stories are so engrossing that there is a wrench when one ends and the next must begin ... Mueenuddin's stories are intense with emotion' Sunday Times 'Each of the stories opens a door on to a life you had never expected, shines a light for a while and quietly closes the door again ... Mueenuddin writes with the freshness of an exile and the intimacy of an insider about Pakistani culture' Observer
Awards
Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book - Eurasia 2010. Short-listed for Ondaatje Prize 2010.
Book Information
ISBN 9781408801048
Author Daniyal Mueenuddin
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm
Will appeal to fans of The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry and The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz A story from this collection, 'Our Lady of Paris', was nominated for a National Magazine Award Shortlisted for the National Book Award Finalisted for the LA Times Best First Book Award Winner of the Best First Book Award for the Commonwealth Writers' Award (South Asia and Europe) Winner of the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award Winner of the 2009 Story Prize
About the Author
Daniyal Mueenuddin graduated from Dartmouth College and Yale Law School. After winning a Fulbright scholarship to study in Norway, he practiced law in New York before returning to Khanpur, Pakistan to manage the family farm. He divides his time between Cairo and Pakistan. Stories in this collection have appeared in the New Yorker, Granta and Salman Rushdie's Best American Short Story collection. 'Our Lady of Paris' was nominated for a National Magazine Award.
Reviews
'In Other Rooms, Other Wonders may be fiction but it is of such an authentic stamp that it is history as well, more so by the day, and deserves to be read as such' The Times 'An astonishing collection of tales' William Dalrymple 'These stories are so engrossing that there is a wrench when one ends and the next must begin ... Mueenuddin's stories are intense with emotion' Sunday Times 'Each of the stories opens a door on to a life you had never expected, shines a light for a while and quietly closes the door again ... Mueenuddin writes with the freshness of an exile and the intimacy of an insider about Pakistani culture' Observer
Awards
Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book - Eurasia 2010. Short-listed for Ondaatje Prize 2010.
Book Information
ISBN 9781408801048
Author Daniyal Mueenuddin
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm
