Kamila Shamsie, Author . Harcourt $24 (305p) ISBN 978-0-15-101010-3
The trauma of war is typically gauged by loss of lives and property, not broken hearts, but the microcosm is often as powerful an indicator of loss as the macrocosm—or so Shamsie seems to say in her latest novel, a shimmering, quick-witted...
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Kamila Shamsie, Author . Harcourt/Harvest $14 (338p) ISBN 978-0-15-603053-3
Turbulent Karachi is the backdrop for this intriguing, shimmeringly intelligent fourth novel by Shamsie (Kartography
), which tells the story of progressive, overeducated Aasmaani Inqalab, the utterly likable 31-year-old daughter of fiery feminist...
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Kamila Shamsie, Author . Picador $14 (370p) ISBN 978-0-312-55187-2
Shamsie takes readers on a tour de force in this examination of the impact of war, following a trajectory from the devastation of Nagasaki in WWII through the conflict-ridden formation of Pakistan in the late 1940s to post-9/11 Manhattan and war-torn
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Kamila Shamsie, Author Bloomsbury Publishing PLC $24.95 (244p) ISBN 978-1-58234-093-7
Clever, witty and inventive, this engaging novel tackles the challenges of reconciling one culture's progressive values with another's allegiance to family and tradition. Shamsie, well-known in her native Pakistan for a prize-winning first novel, In
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Edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin. Solaris, $15.99 trade paperback (356p) ISBN 978-1781084175
Editors Shurin and Murad collect 22 stories about the shadowy, fiery beings called the djinn in this unusual anthology. One of the best is the seriously creepy “Reap” by Sami Shah, about a group in the New Mexico desert that operates a drone in...
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Kamila Shamsie. Riverhead, $26 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7352-1768-3
Shamsie’s memorable novel features timely themes in this epic tale of two Muslim families whose lives are entangled by politics and conflict. As the novel opens, 28-year-old Isma is on her way to the U.S. for a Ph.D. in sociology. She’s left behind...
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Kamila Shamsie. Riverhead, $27 (320p) ISBN 978-0-593-42182-6
Shamsie follows her Women’s Prize–winning Home Fire with a nuanced meditation on a lifelong friendship. In 1988 Karachi, best friends Zahra and Maryam, both 14, come of age in the last days of the Zia dictatorship. Zahra is bookish and middle class,
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