Book Reviews
Mela Hartwig’s “Am I a Redundant Human Being?”
It is as if the narrator takes her own self, puts it under a microscope and probes it without flinching.
Camilla Ceder’s “Frozen Moment”
On a bleak winter day in 2006 a body is found, shot execution-style and crushed by a car.
September 2010
Urdu Fiction from India: An Introduction
Notwithstanding President Barack Obama’s delightful disclosure that he likes Urdu poetry, few in the West know anything about this language and even less about its otherwise vibrant literature.
Destitutes Compound
For some time I thought about Childhood Love. What a strange name! Was it some woman? Some old flame of Murad Mian? What state must she be in now?
Beyond the Fog
"People regard her as no more than a tart. Do you really want your daughter to become a striptease dancer in some hotel?"
The Pose
The moment he saw her, his hand stopped dead, his mouth fell open, and his eyes widened. She stared at the cop sweetly.
Fable of a Severed Head
Although the picture of the unclaimed head didn’t exactly resemble his brother’s, the slightly curved nose and the scar above the upper lip were exactly like Chotto’s
Two Old Kippers
"Why don’t we toss a coin. Heads you’ll live longer, tails I will."
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