Author | Daniyal Mueenuddin |
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Country | Pakistan, United States |
Genre | Short story |
Publisher | Norton |
Publication date | 2009 |
ISBN | 978-0-393-33720-4 |
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders is a collection of short stories written by Pakistani-American author Daniyal Mueenuddin, [1] [2] [3] [4] who has also worked as a journalist, lawyer and a businessman. His book has won The Story Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and other honors [5] and was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize [6] and the 2009 National Book Award. [7]
The stories uncovers a variegated society in which people's social status and expectations are understood without being explained, and in which the class system and poverty are shown to influence any decision made at a critical moment in the characters' lives. The book consists of eight linked stories written in Pakistan in the 1970s, '80s and '90s, and describe Pakistani culture from within. [3]
Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief and chairman of Bertelsmann AG's Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, says;
"The Pakistani writers are addressing change and what's happening today in the world. There is something completely contemporary in this writing." [3]
Poet and Writer Magazine writes;
"Mueenuddin's book investigates life in his native Pakistan (he was also raised in Massachusetts) through the lenses of individuals in different stations, from an electrician to a woman servant to a farm manager, a position the author himself occupies today. He described himself as being in the profession of identifying characters, both in his writing and in his business at home." [8]
Author | Daniyal Mueenuddin |
---|---|
Country | Pakistan, United States |
Genre | Short story |
Publisher | Norton |
Publication date | 2009 |
ISBN | 978-0-393-33720-4 |
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders is a collection of short stories written by Pakistani-American author Daniyal Mueenuddin, [1] [2] [3] [4] who has also worked as a journalist, lawyer and a businessman. His book has won The Story Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and other honors [5] and was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize [6] and the 2009 National Book Award. [7]
The stories uncovers a variegated society in which people's social status and expectations are understood without being explained, and in which the class system and poverty are shown to influence any decision made at a critical moment in the characters' lives. The book consists of eight linked stories written in Pakistan in the 1970s, '80s and '90s, and describe Pakistani culture from within. [3]
Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief and chairman of Bertelsmann AG's Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, says;
"The Pakistani writers are addressing change and what's happening today in the world. There is something completely contemporary in this writing." [3]
Poet and Writer Magazine writes;
"Mueenuddin's book investigates life in his native Pakistan (he was also raised in Massachusetts) through the lenses of individuals in different stations, from an electrician to a woman servant to a farm manager, a position the author himself occupies today. He described himself as being in the profession of identifying characters, both in his writing and in his business at home." [8]