Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English: Idea, Nation, State

Looking at a wide selection of Pakistani novels in English, this book explores how literary texts imaginatively probe the past, convey the present, and project a future in terms that facilitate a sense of collective belonging. The novels discussed cover a range of historical movements and developments, including pre-20th century Islamic history, the 1947 partition, the 1971 Pakistani war, the Zia years, and post-9/11 Pakistan, as well as pervasive themes, including ethnonationalist tensions, the zamindari system, and conspiracy thinking.

Author: Cara Cilano
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/21/2013
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780415682763

About the Author

Cara Cilano is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA. She is the author of National Identities in Pakistan: The 1971 war in contemporary Pakistani fiction (Routledge 2010).