Kamila Shamsie, Burnt Shadows

Liam O'Loughlin (Pacific Lutheran University)

Ed. by David Huddart, Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

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First circulation or publication 2009

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Pakistan (Country of Origin)

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Kamila Shamsie is a leading figure in the so-called “boom” of Pakistani English-language writers in the 2000s, a group that includes Nadeem Aslam, Mohsin Hamid, Daniyal Mueenuddin, and others. Her fifth novel,

Burnt Shadows

, first published in 2009, was greeted with an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and a shortlist placement for the Orange Prize in fiction. While Shamsie’s previous novels take place primarily in her city of origin, Karachi,

Burnt Shadows

marks a significant expansion in Shamsie’s imaginative landscape.

Burnt Shadows

is a historical novel and family drama of immense sweep. The novel traces the intertwined lives of two families (the Tanaka-Ashrafs and the Weiss-Burtons) across five different countries, whose friendship both strides and stumbles across the rocky terrain…

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Citation: O'Loughlin, Liam. "Burnt Shadows". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 September 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=26540, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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