{"product_id":"the-lifes-too-short-literary-review-new-writing-from-pakistan","title":"The Life's Too Short Literary Review: New Writing from Pakistan","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I think prizes like [this], and the sense that Pakistani literature is as important to the fate of the country as its laws, will go a long way to encouraging more writing. In years to come I suspect we'll hear a lot more from every writer on this issue.' \u003cspan\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e John Freeman, editor of \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An antidote to the usual anthology \u003cspan\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e there are groundbreaking things here.' \u003cspan\u003e– \u003c\/span\u003eAli Sethi, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wish Maker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'It is good writing: entertaining, playful, and bold.' \u003cspan\u003e– \u003c\/span\u003eBasharat Peer, author of \u003cem\u003eCurfewed Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A smart, piquant and brilliantly diverse collection.' \u003cspan\u003e– \u003c\/span\u003eAlex von Tunzelmann, author of \u003cem\u003eIndian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Life's Too Short Literary Review: New Writing from Pakistan\u003c\/em\u003e brings together the winning entries from the inaugural Life's Too Short Short Story Prize as well as other selected works from Pakistan, like archival material from Mohsin Hamid's Man Booker-nominated \u003cem\u003eThe Reluctant Fundamentalist\u003c\/em\u003e; an excerpt from Sabiha Bano's controversial Urdu work \u003cem\u003eChallawa\u003c\/em\u003e, translated by Mohammed Hanif; an excerpt from \u003cem\u003eRabbit Rap\u003c\/em\u003e, Pakistan's first graphic novel; and architect and urban designer Attiq Uddin Ahmed's photo essay 'Sign Your Name Across My Heart'. The Indian edition also carries a bonus non-fiction piece by environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Life's Too Short Short Story Prize was founded by Faiza S. Khan and Aysha Raja in 2009 to encourage and promote new Pakistani writing through an open prize inviting entries of under 5000 words with winning entries selected by Mohammed Hanif, Daniyal Mueenuddin and Kamila Shamsie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003ehusband cheated on me \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/blogs.elangovanr.com\/page\/cheat.aspx\"\u003epercentage of women who cheat\u003c\/a\u003e My boyfriend cheated on me\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44788352909491,"sku":"9789350092835","price":316.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477437939789350092835.jpg?v=1762832032","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-lifes-too-short-literary-review-new-writing-from-pakistan","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}