Bibliograph

Are you enjoying?, stories, Mira Sethi

Type

Label

Are you enjoying?, stories, Mira Sethi

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Are you enjoying?

Oclc number

1179045206

Responsibility statement

Mira Sethi

Sub title

stories

Summary

"An exhilarating debut by a young writer from Pakistan: provocative, funny, disarmingly original stories that upend traditional notions of identity and family, and peer into the vulnerable workings of the human heart. From the high-stakes worlds of television and politics to the intimate corridors of home--including the bedroom--these wryly observed, deeply revealing stories look at life in Pakistan with humor, compassion, psychological acuity, and emotional immediacy. Childhood best friends agree to marry in order to keep their sexuality a secret. A young woman with an anxiety disorder discovers the numbing pleasures of an illicit love affair. A radicalized student's preparations for his sister's wedding involve beating up the groom. An actress is forced to grow up fast on the set of her first major tv show, where the real intrigue takes place off-screen. Every story bears witness to the all-too-universal desire to be loved, and what happens when this longing gets pushed to its limits. Are You Enjoying? is a free-spirited, confident, indelible introduction to a galvanizing new talent"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Mini apple -- Breezy blessings -- A life of its own, part one -- A man for his time -- Tomboy -- A life of its own, part two -- Are you enjoying?

Target audience

adult

Classification