While we are on the subject of Pakistan, in contrast to our journey with Greg Mortenson (
Three Cups of Tea) Moshin Hamid (Rights Readers selection
Moth Smoke
) takes us on an urban journey, as
interviewed in the
Guardian,
"I'm a big city dweller," he explains. "The world has become majority urban and this urban narrative is rapidly becoming the typical human narrative. I would say Moth Smoke was an urban third world novel, much more than a southern Asian novel. A magazine editor in Chile who had read the Spanish translation phoned me up out the blue and said 'This book is about Santiago!' which shows how a city can resonate across the world."
Looking forward to reading
his latest in the near future.
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