Dawn Books And Authors
Photo by Fahim Siddiqi/White Star By Shayan Rajani Gyan Prakash is a professor of history at PrincetonUniversity. ...
Published 13 Jan, 2013 03:06am
The writer is a Sindhilanguage poet and teaches philosophy at Sindh University, Jamshoro A Chain Life today also is...
Published 13 Jan, 2013 03:06am
Reviewed by Saima S. Hussain REMEMBER all those times your English teacher told you that your writing style was “too...
Published 13 Jan, 2013 03:06am
Reviewed by Sheheryar Sheikh THERE are cult fiction novels that flourish because they capture a niche market. ...
Published 13 Jan, 2013 03:05am
Reviewed by Ali Ahmad The “house of Islam” was a juristic term formulated by classical Islamic jurisprudence in an...
Published 13 Jan, 2013 03:05am
By Intizar Husain Raza Ali Abidi is a writer of consequence because of his travels. He owes almost all his writings...
Published 13 Jan, 2013 03:04am
By Syed Kashif Raza Last year, some impressive works of poetry came out, in the genres of both nazm and ghazal. They...
Published 06 Jan, 2013 03:51am
Reviewed by Mahvesh Murad Two years ago, writer Catherynne Valente crowdsourced funds for her book The Girl Who...
Published 06 Jan, 2013 03:51am
By Intizar Hussain A question raised by the Indian critic Shamim Hanafi was echoed in a seminar held last week at ...
Published 06 Jan, 2013 03:51am
Reviewed by Mohsin Siddiqui One day. Twenty-four hours. That’s the main premise behind Ben Foutain’s Billy Lynn’s...
Published 06 Jan, 2013 03:51am
Sandstorm is fast-paced, descriptive and held together by interviews with ordinary people, rebels, government officials, and young activists.
Published 06 Jan, 2013 03:51am
By Syed Nomanul Haq Ghalib longed to build another abode on that side of the high horizon, another place, opening up...
Published 06 Jan, 2013 03:51am
As 2012 comes to an end, Books&Authors takes a look at what the year meant for literature in Pakistan. The good...
Published 29 Dec, 2012 08:15pm
By Intizar Husain THE gathering organised in memory of Mumtaz Husain, which preceded the Art Council’s annual Urdu...
Published 29 Dec, 2012 07:44pm
Reviewed by Bina Shah A collection of essays, Confronting the Bomb: Pakistani and Indian Scientists Speak Out,...
Published 23 Dec, 2012 03:03am
Reviewed by Shagufta Naaz TO say you are a Sophie Kinsella fan but don’t really like the Shopaholic series is akin ...
Published 23 Dec, 2012 03:03am
Reviewed by Mahvesh Murad IN his epic biography of Prince’s music, Matt Thorne has achieved a level of detail that...
Published 23 Dec, 2012 03:03am
Reviewed by Mohsin Siddiqui YOU don’t expect Gone Girl to be set in a haunted house, but in a way, that’s the locus...
Published 23 Dec, 2012 03:03am
Reviewed by Summaiya Zaidi “His eyes are closed, either because he is asleep or because he has chosen to cut out the...
Published 23 Dec, 2012 03:02am
By Intizar Husain I have just read a verse play which appears to be a fairytale conceived in the context of our...
Published 23 Dec, 2012 03:02am
