Maha Khan Phillips re-imagines the genre with a flawed, deeply human investigator at the centre of a mystery
Illustration by Aqsa Hasan. I see him now as I saw him then: a broad, bespectacled, grey-suited man with a pockmarked face,...
André Aciman’s Stowaways strips love of its certainties and offers a meditation on regret
Born in Okara, award-winning author Mohammed Hanif has penned four novels, known for their sharp, satirical take on Pakistan’s complex and...
Hanif’s reimagining of history opens a doorway to understanding the complexities of our country’s past
Tejaswini Apte-Rahm’s biography of her great- grandfather explores how private memory reshapes public history
The idea of literary citizenship offers a way to rebuild community in Pakistan’s fractured literary landscape
In Ferdowsnama, Shandana Minhas crafts a subtle meditation on the art of recording history
Kiran Desai’s long-awaited third novel explores the intersections of migration and creativity
Sophie Kinsella dies at 56, but humour in her fiction lives on
Natalia Ginzburg’s fiction reveals how detachment can expose the deepest truths about love and loss
The Hungarian novelist’s prose affirms the Nobel Committee’s faith in difficult, demanding writing
Muhammad Asif Nawaz’s debut novel explores how personal and political histories entwine to shape lives
Grief, geography and the quiet strength of connection in Shahbano Alvi’s second story collection
An encouraging reminder that Pakistani Anglophone literature is soaring to new heights
New book revisits scandal, poetry and the ‘first jet-set murder’ in Pakistan
Novelist Bapsi Sidhwa passed away on December 25
Shazaf Fatima Haider’s new novel explores awoman’s journey to freedom
An examination of grief as a debilitating force and memory as a means of healing from trauma
Han Kang’s Nobel Prize win is a sign that more creative voices in various Asian languages need to be brought into the limelight
