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In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (Hardcover)

By: Daniyal Mueenuddin (Author)

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"The eight short stories of Daniyal Mueenuddin's enchanting debut are dreamlike, illuminating contemporary Pakistan's societal contradictions in prose as clear and serene as the contradictions themselves are subtle and tumultuous."

"...Mr. Mueenuddin unveils a nuanced world where social status and expectations are understood without being stated, and where poverty and the desire to advance frame each critical choice."

"...Mueenuddin's talent lets us perceive not just [Pakistan's] machinations but also its beauty--the mango orchards, a charpoy laid out in the shade of a mammoth banyan tree, the smoke of a hookah on a spring afternoon..."

"[Mueennuddin's] crisp, vivid voice glides effortlessly into his various characters' heads....Dark stuff, but full of beauty."

"Daniyal Mueenuddin, a half-American, half-Pakistani writer, has crafted a chronicle of poverty as detailed and revealing as any by Steinbeck, with the same drive to humanize his subjects."

"[Mueenuddin's] prose, never flashy, neither sentimentalizes the poor nor demonizes the rich, but noses out the humanity of each. It is probably a mistake to lavish too much praise on a first book, but given the power and beauty and deeply affecting quality of IN OTHER ROOMS, OTHER WONDERS, I can't stop myself from wondering if Pakistan has found its Chekhov."

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A major literary debut that explores class, culture, power, and desire among the ruling and servant classes of Pakistan.
In the spirit of Joyce's "Dubliners" and Turgenev's "A Sportsman's Sketches," Daniyal Mueenuddin's collection of linked stories illuminates a place and a people through an examination of the entwined lives of landowners and their retainers on the Gurmani family farm in the countryside outside of Lahore, Pakistan. An aging feudal landlord's household staff, the villagers who depend on his favor, and a network of relations near and far who have sought their fortune in the cities confront the advantages and constraints of station, the dissolution of old ways, and the shock of change. Mueenuddin bares--at times humorously, at times tragically--the complexities of Pakistani class and culture and presents a vivid picture of a time and a place, of the old powers and the new, as the Pakistani feudal order is undermined and transformed.
"A stunning achievement....Such is its narrative power that I couldn't stop turning the page."--Mohsin Hamid, author of "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"

A volume of linked stories describes the intertwined lives of landowners and their retainers on the Gurmani family farm in Pakistan, in a collection that explores such themes as culture, class power, and desire. 50,000 first printing.

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Sure to draw fair comparisons to Jhumpa Lahiri and Mohammed Hanif, this debut collection of interconnected stories depicts the lives of a Pakistani community, centered on K.K. Harouni, a wealthy landowner. Nawab is a clever electrician who struggles to raise 12 daughters and a son, as a vindictive nemesis tries to usurp his place on Harouni's estate. Husua, desperately in need of employment, shows up at Harouni's door with a letter of recommendation in her trembling hands from his estranged wife. Jaglani is a politician who rises to power by selling off Harouni's land blocs, never quite aware of the devastating impact he has on the lives of those living off the land. The lives of Mueenuddin's characters glisten and twist together like a spider's web, with delighted readers at the center, fully immersed in his wonderful stories.

A major literary debut that explores class, culture, power, and desire among the ruling and servant classes of Pakistan.
In the spirit of Joyce's "Dubliners" and Turgenev's "A Sportsman's Sketches," Daniyal Mueenuddin's collection of linked stories illuminates a place and a people through an examination of the entwined lives of landowners and their retainers on the Gurmani family farm in the countryside outside of Lahore, Pakistan. An aging feudal landlord's household staff, the villagers who depend on his favor, and a network of relations near and far who have sought their fortune in the cities confront the advantages and constraints of station, the dissolution of old ways, and the shock of change. Mueenuddin bares--at times humorously, at times tragically--the complexities of Pakistani class and culture and presents a vivid picture of a time and a place, of the old powers and the new, as the Pakistani feudal order is undermined and transformed.
"A stunning achievement....Such is its narrative power that I couldn't stop turning the page."--Mohsin Hamid, author of "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"

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