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Granta 112: Pakistan (2010)

by Granta: The Magazine of New Writing(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1905881215 (ISBN13: 9781905881215)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Grove Press, Granta

series

Granta

review 1: The autumn 2010 issue of this quarterly periodical from the UK features pieces about Pakistan, most by Pakistanis. The cover artwork is strikingly colorful and arresting. The writings vary from works of fiction to poetry, visual art, history, and current affairs. I was entranced by almost all of them. Perhaps the best was a short story by Nadeem Aslam entitled, “Leila in the Wilderness,” a work of great imagination and akin to the magical realism of Salman Rushdie. Jane Perlez’s article about Jinnah shed light on the philosophical foundations of the nation. And Jamil Ahmad’s brief story, “The Sins of the Mother,” was outstanding. There are many more delights contained in this volume, a joy to experience. Reading it has given me a deeper appreciation for... more the people and culture of this relatively new nation that seems so frequently to be in the forefront of our awareness these days.
review 2: I read the first piece, "Leila in the Wilderness" by Nadeem Aslam, last. It is a beautiful piece of magical realism whose story harkened back to the pieces, fiction, memoir and reporting, I'd read before. I guess if I read the Granta from beginning to end, it would have foreshadowed the pieces that followed. This was a collection of works, prose, poetry and graphic arts that offered a deep look into Pakistan. I was engrossed. less

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