Writing Islam from a South Asian Muslim Perspective: Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam, Shamsie

This book investigates how four South Asian writers of Muslim background (Salman Rushdie, Mohsin Hamid, Nadeem Aslam, and Kamila Shamsie) have responded in English to the challenge of writing about Islamic faith ties in the aftermath of the 2001 World Trade Centre attacks and the ensuing 'War on Terror'.

Author: Madeline Clements
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/29/2015
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781137554376

About the Author
Madeline Clements is Research Lecturer in English at Teesside University, prior to which she was Assistant Professor of English at Forman Christian College, Lahore. She completed her doctoral thesis at the University of East London. Her articles have been published in journals and books including Sohbet, Wasafiri, and Imagining Muslims. She reviews regularly for Dawn's Books and Authors supplement, and for the TLS.