Mushtaq Bilal

WRITING PAKISTAN : Conversations on identity ,Nationhood and Fiction - 1 - Uttar Pradesh Harper Collins 2016/01/01 - 237

What does it mean to be an English-language fiction writer in a country that is perpetually on the brink of disaster? In this first-ever collection of interviews with Pakistani novelists writing in English, Mushtaq Bilal explores how fictions are informed by the authors cultural identities. Is it possible, for instance, to write about Pakistan without self-censoring? How do writers contest and challenge Western stereotypes of the country? Do they even consciously do that? And what about challenging Pakistani stereotypes of the West? Providing fresh insights into some of the most important and politically engaged contemporary fiction to come out of the subcontinent, Writing Pakistan is essential reading for anyone interested in the art of storytelling, in books and in Pakistan itself because to understand a nation, one needs to talk to those who are writing it.

9789352640133

Purchased Prism Books,Kadavanthra,Kochi


Collection of interviews-Pakistan Novelists
Rhetoric of Fiction
Writing
Conversations
Identity
Nationhood
Fiction
Contents:- Bapsi Sidhwa-Musharraf Ali Farooqi-Uzma Aslam Khan-Mohammed Hanif-Kamila Shamsie-Mohsin Hamid-Bina Shah-Bilal Tanweer-Shehryar Fazli

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