In Other Rooms, Other Wonders is a collection of short stories by Pakistani-American author Daniyal Mueenuddin. It won The Story Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize and the 2009 National Book Award.
Stories "Nawabdin Electrician" "Saleema" "Provide, Provide" "About a Burning Girl" "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders" "Our Lady of Paris" "Lily" "A Spoiled Man"
Summary The stories uncovers a variegated society in which people's social status and expectations are understood without being explained, and in which the class system and poverty are shown to influence any decision made at a critical moment in the characters' lives. The book consists of eight linked stories written in Pakistan in the 1970s, '80s and '90s, and describe Pakistani culture from within.
Reviews Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief and chairman of Bertelsmann AG's Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, says;
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See also This Is Where the Serpent Lives
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