A Dragonfly in the Sun: An Anthology of Pakistani Writing in English Book

This is one of the most exciting anthologies of English writing to come out of Pakistan. The literary journalist, Muneeza Shamsie, has put together a retrospective selection of poetry, fiction, and drama by over forty writers of Pakistani origin, including those living in the diaspora such as Tariq Ali, Hanif Kureishi, Rukhsana Ahmad, and Aamer Hussein. The book begins with the pre-Partition works of Shahid Suhrawardy and Ahmed Ali. It has extracts from Bapsi Sidwa's The Ice-Candy-Man; the fluid prose and poetry of Zulfikar Ghose; the prize-winning chapter from Sara Suleri's Meatless Days, the classical poetry of Taufiq Rafat and Maki Kureishi, together with the work of the newer generation of writers such as Hina Faisal Imam, Moniza Alvi, and Sorayya Y. Khan. Muneeza Shamsie is a freelance journalist and her articles appear in Herald, Dawn, She, and Newsline.Read More