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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Elena Armas |Rehana Alam |Abbas Nasir |Nida Kirmani
The Fiancé DilemmaBy Elena ArmasSimon & SchusterISBN: 978-1-3985-2224-4413pp. Elena Armas, author of The Fiancé Dilemma, is a chemical engineer by profession. According to her own admission, she is a hopeless romantic and an avid reader of ‘HEAS’, or ‘Happily Ever After Stories.’ While working as an engineer, she decided to write one of her favourite type of books herself. She produced her debut novel in 2021 and titled it The Spanish Love Deception.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Rehana Alam |Zohaib Majeed |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir
The Sheila from Pakistan: A Collection of Short StoriesBy Rabia AhmedFerozsonsISBN: 978-969-0-02927-0160pp. The Sheila from Pakistan is a collection of short stories by Rabia Ahmed who has previously written a novel, The Parking Lot. Ahmed is a freelance writer and has been published in newspapers such as Express Tribune, Friday Times, Dawn and Pakistan Today. Some of Ahmed’s stories have been part of the literary magazine Papercuts, and also the WWF anthology: Book of the Flood.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Fiona Williams |Rehana Alam |Mohammad Yaqoob |Abbas Nasir
The House of Broken BricksBy Fiona WilliamsFaber & Faber LtdISBN: 978-0-571-37956-9380pp. The House of Broken Bricks, the debut novel of Fiona Williams, is a literary work of note. It has an engrossing story line couched in exceptional prose, which is not surprising in a book that has won many accolades, including the 2021 Bridport Prize while still in its infancy and while Williams was still doing a masters in creative writing.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Rehana Alam |Abbas Nasir |Mubarak Zeb Khan |Faheem Sikander
Amidst the DeadBy Faheem SikanderLiberty PublishingISBN: 978-627-7626-150418pp. It is always a good feeling to pick up an English novel written by a fellow countryman, especially one that is published in Pakistan. Amidst the Dead is the debut novel of Faheem Sikander, a member of the nation’s civil service. A graduate from Karachi’s Institute of Business Administration, he had also taught English after receiving a Masters in English Literature.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Rehana Alam |Abbas Nasir |Zoya Anwer |Khaled Fatmi
Namurad KarachiBy Khaled FatmiHaroon Publications399pp. The author of Namurad Karachi, Khaled Fatmi, has taken up writing in his retirement. But he is not a newcomer to the art, as he has had articles published in the daily Jang, albeit many decades ago. Fatmi is originally from what used to be East Pakistan. After completing his matriculation, he arrived in Karachi in the 1960s.
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Rehana Alam |Abbas Nasir |Sajjad Ahmad |Muhammad Amir Rana
At Home in India: Stories, Memoirs, Portraits, InterviewsBy Qurratulain HyderEdited and translated by Fatima Rizvi and Sufia KidwaiWomen UnlimitedISBN: 978-93-85606-44-1446pp. In Urdu literature, the stature of Qurratulain Hyder is so lofty that an anthology of her works is bound to garner interest. Fatima Rizvi and Sufia Kidwai, editors and translators of At Home in India, are academics in Lucknow.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Rehana Alam |Ahmad Fraz Khan |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir
Pearls and Shards — A NovelBy Iftikhar A. MalikLightstone PublishersISBN: 978-969-716-269-7375pp. The author of Pearls and Shards, Iftikhar Malik, is an eminent academic. Now Professor Emeritus at Bath Spa University, he taught for 27 years at the university. Before that, he was at Oxford for five years, as the Quaid-i-Azam Fellow at St Anthony’s College.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Rehana Alam |Zahrah Mazhar |Muzhira Amin |Muhammad Amir Rana
Lahore @ Partition — Violence, Cross-Migration, and Regeneration 1947-1961By Adnan TariqVanguard BooksISBN: 978-9-6940-2666-4256pp. How do people behave when they are faced with grave danger and insecurity? Do they become violent or do they try to escape? According to Adnan Tariq, author of Lahore @ Partition, it is to answer questions such as these that he has undertaken to write this book.
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Jan 13, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Rehana Alam |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir |Muna Khan
Shikasta Tehzeeb: Nazimabad Aur North Nazimabad — Tareekh, Shakhsiaat, WaqeyaatBy Shah Waliullah JunaidiShah Mohammad Hamza Research and Publication CentreISBN: 978-969-2343-12-1269pp. Shah Waliullah Junaidi is a senior journalist and researcher who has written two books about Karachi already: Karachi, Nisf Sadi Ka Qissa in 2017 and Yeh Shahrah-i-Aam Nahin in 2019. Junaidi seems to be a true lover of Karachi, the city of his birth and residence.
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Nov 4, 2023 | 
dawn.com | Rehana Alam |Miftah Ismail |Abbas Nasir |Muna Khan
Losing Home Finding HomeBy Saaz AggarwalIllustrations by Subhodeep MukherjeeBlack-and-White FountainISBN: 978-93-83465-32-3112pp. Losing Home Finding Home by Saaz Agarwal looks like a picture book. It is a slim volume, the size of a legal pad, and has equal measures of text and black and white illustrations. The appearance of the book beckons the reader toward itself.
