Dying in a Strange Country [Paperback]

Tahira Naqvi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

Fiction. Asian American Studies. The stories in Pakistan-born Tahira Naqvi's second collection have a life in the South Asian diaspora of North America. Told in multiple voices -- aging aunts, mothers, cousins, the environment of the motherland itself -- they all manage still to converge upon the world of the immigrant in meaningful ways. A writer and prolific translator, Tahira Naqvi is also the author of Attar of Roses and Other Stories of Pakistan. ** Call to check inventory before ordering.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"... a poignant and moving commentary on what it means to be an immigrant in the US." -- Herizons

"... issues of gender, generations and culture come together to give the narrative resonant depth and [multiple] layers of meaning." -- World Literature Today
World Literature Today

About the Author

Tahira Naqvi grew up in Lahore, Pakistan. She teaches English at Western Conneticut State University, has taught Urdu at New York University and Columbia, and is a writer and prolific translator. Her short stories have appeared in journals and have been widely anthologized. Her first collection of stories, Attar of Roses and Other Stories of Pakistan, was published in 1997. Among her translation credits are the works of Sa'adat Hasan Manto and Ismat Chugtai. She lives in New York with her husband and three sons.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: TSAR Publications; 1st edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0920661866
• ISBN-13: 978-0920661864
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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