Leaving Home: Towards a New Millenium: A Collection of English Prose by Pakistani Writers: Towards a New Millenium - A Collection of Pakistani English Prose - Hardcover

 
9780195795295: Leaving Home: Towards a New Millenium: A Collection of English Prose by Pakistani Writers: Towards a New Millenium - A Collection of Pakistani English Prose

Inhaltsangabe

In this volume, Muneeza Shamsie has collected a unique selection of Pakistani English fiction and non-fiction, about migration - at partition into the diaspora, and from the rural areas into the cities. The contributors include some of Pakistan's most eminent writers and some new voices, to generate a meaningful discussion with a wide perspective, on this century's burning issues: borders, barriers and identity.

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Críticas

The contribution of this anthology is in its wide-ranging representation of the contemporary Pakistani experience. (The Journal of Asian Studies)

... it is a multi-faceted account of a complex global occurrence with the Pakistani mind at its core. (The Nation Literary Supplement)

Reseña del editor

In this volume, Muneeza Shamsie has collected a unique selection of Pakistani English fiction and non-fiction, about migration - at partition into the diaspora, and from the rural areas into the cities. The contributors include some of Pakistan's most eminent writers and some new voices, to generate a meaningful discussion with a wide perspective, on this century's burning issues: borders, barriers and identity.

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