Dr Ayra Indrias Paperback: 184 pages Publisher: Folio Books (2021) Language: English « Excerpts » PK: Folio Books Based on her doctoral research, Dr Ayra Indrias Patras’s Swept Aside: A Story of Christian Sweepers in Lahore examines the lives and lived realities of … Continue reading →
Sarmila Bose Paperback: 196 pages Publisher: Independent (2021) Language: English PK: Liberty Books Sarmila Bose’s debut novella, Under Such a Sheltering Sky, is a touching tale of ordinary people surviving in extraordinary times. The book follows the life of a … Continue reading →
Kamila Shamsie Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Riverhead Books (2022) Language: English « Excerpts » US: Amazon UK: IN: PK: Liberty Books Literary genres age, much as people do. Postcolonial literature – PoCo to friends – was once an angry young outsider leading … Continue reading →
حسن منظر Hardcover, 107 pages Published: Scheherzade (2009) Language: Urdu ’ ہم زمین پر ننگے پاؤں اس طرح چلتے ہیں جیسے زمین ننگے پاؤں چلنے والوں کے لیے بنی ہو۔‘ نثری نظم کے ممتاز شاعر افضال احمد سید کی اس … Continue reading →
Musharraf Ali Farooqi Paperback: 344 pages Publisher: Aleph Book Company (2019) Language: English « Excerpts » US: Amazon UK: PK: Kitab Book cover blurbs will often tell you that their author is a major new voice on the literary scene. And you’ll … Continue reading →
Tariq Rahman Paperback: 344 pages Publisher: OUP Pakistan(2019) Language: English US: UK: PK: Tariq Rahman is one of Pakistan’s most distinguished scholars. After spending most of the third decade of his life in the Pakistan army, he resigned his commission to … Continue reading →
Fawzia Afzal-Khan Paperback: 252 pages Publisher: OUP Pakistan(2020) Language: English US: Amazon UK: Foyles PK: Oxford Pakistan The severance of India and Pakistan in 1947 politicized not just religious identities but linguistic identities as well. I would argue that in her book … Continue reading →
Sharbari Zohra Ahmed Paperback : 444 pages Publisher: Tranquebar (2019) Language: English « Excerpts » US: Amazon UK: IN: PK: Bangladeshi writing in English has seen an encouraging surge over the last couple of years. In the arena of South Asian literature, … Continue reading →
Dr Anna Suvorova Hardcover: 230 pages Publisher: OUP Pakistan (2012) Language: English This book is written by Anna Suvorova and published by OUP Pakistan in 2011. It is about the city of Pakistan which is known as its “Heart”, Lahore. … Continue reading →
Fakir Syed Aijazuddin Paperback: Publisher: Three Rivers Publishers (2014) Language: English The Sikh period (1799-1849) is probably the most interesting, and colourful, 50 years in the history of Punjab. After almost 777 years of foreign rule, starting from the Afghan … Continue reading →