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037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books,Kadavanthra,Kochi
041			_aEnglish
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100			_aMushtaq Bilal
245			_aWRITING PAKISTAN : _bConversations on identity ,Nationhood and Fiction
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260			_aUttar Pradesh _bHarper Collins _c2016/01/01
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500			_aWhat 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.
650			_aCollection of interviews-Pakistan Novelists
650			_aRhetoric of Fiction
650			_aWriting
650			_aConversations
650			_aIdentity
650			_aNationhood
650			_aFiction
650			_aContents:- Bapsi Sidhwa-Musharraf Ali Farooqi-Uzma Aslam Khan-Mohammed Hanif-Kamila Shamsie-Mohsin Hamid-Bina Shah-Bilal Tanweer-Shehryar Fazli
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