{"product_id":"in-other-rooms-other-wonders-9780393337204","title":"In Other Rooms, Other Wonders","description":"\u003cp\u003ePassing from the mannered drawing rooms of Pakistan's cities to the harsh mud villages beyond, Daniyal Mueenuddin's linked stories describe the interwoven lives of an aging feudal landowner, his servants and managers, and his extended family, industrialists who have lost touch with the land. In the spirit of Joyce's \u003cem\u003eDubliners\u003c\/em\u003e and Turgenev's \u003cem\u003eA Sportsman's Sketches\u003c\/em\u003e, these stories comprehensively illuminate a world, describing members of parliament and farm workers, Islamabad society girls and desperate servant women. A hard-driven politician at the height of his powers falls critically ill and seeks to perpetuate his legacy; a girl from a declining Lahori family becomes a wealthy relative's mistress, thinking there will be no cost; an electrician confronts a violent assailant in order to protect his most valuable possession; a maidservant who advances herself through sexual favors unexpectedly falls in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether the stories in \u003cem\u003eIn Other Rooms, Other Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e make up a vivid portrait of feudal Pakistan, describing the advantages and constraints of social station, the dissolution of old ways, and the shock of change. Refined, sensuous, by turn humorous, elegiac, and tragic, Mueenuddin evokes the complexities of the Pakistani feudal order as it is undermined and transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniyal Mueenuddin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393337204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2009 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/03\/2010 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMueenuddin, Daniyal:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDaniyal Mueenuddin\u003c\/strong\u003e was brought up in Lahore, Pakistan and Elroy, Wisconsin. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale Law School, his stories have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eZoetrope\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2008\u003c\/em\u003e, selected by Salman Rushdie, and \u003cem\u003ePEN\/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010\u003c\/em\u003e. For a number of years he practiced law in New York. He now lives on a farm in Pakistan's southern Punjab.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Daniyal Mueenuddin \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47733863022749,"sku":"9780393337204","price":29.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_4bdf44b0-e4e8-49c6-bce7-d04e4face32b.jpg?v=1773737150","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/in-other-rooms-other-wonders-9780393337204","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}