In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (Hardcover) by Daniyal Mueenuddin

from Girl_Detective

Also without exception, they are filled with tragedy and human cruelty, often with corruption mixed in as well. Any story that begins happily will take a turn. Most often, the turn occurs when one person acts wrongly toward another. The stories are an intricate portrait of a country in transition...

from brenzi

Daniyal Muenuddin's vehicle for familiarizing readers with life in Pakistan from the middle of the last century through modern times, is a mesmerizing collection of interconnected short stories. Eight stories that share themes of loneliness, loss and class differences as well as a connection to K...

from Cariola

This intriguing collection of eight interconnected short stories by Pakistani writer Mueenuddin provides insight into the lives and minds of a variety of characters, all of them somehow connected to K. K. Harouni, a wealthy landowner in Lahore. Here, it seems that everyone is struggling to get ah...

from mrstreme

Daniyel Mueenuddin's debut short story collection is certainly worthy of its accolades, including finalist for the National Book Award, Publisher's Weekly Best Books and New York Times Notable Book of the Year. In Other Rooms, Other Wonders offers its readers a glimpse into modern-day Pakistan th...

from brenzi

Daniyal Muenuddin's vehicle for familiarizing readers with life in Pakistan from the middle of the last century through modern times, is a mesmerizing collection of interconnected short stories. Eight stories that share themes of loneliness, loss and class differences as well as a connection to K...