The Wish Maker (Paperback)

from ANovelMenagerie

The Review I've heard quite a bit of praise about this debut novel from Ali Sethi. I admittedly had high expectations for this novel based on my love of the assumed similar novels The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Like these two novels, Sethi has written a book about living a live in ...

from ANovelMenagerie

The Review I've heard quite a bit of praise about this debut novel from Ali Sethi. I admittedly had high expectations for this novel based on my love of the assumed similar novels The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Like these two novels, Sethi has written a book about living a live in ...

from msbaba

The Wish Maker, by Ali Sethi, is a coming-of-age tale set in contemporary Pakistan. I read the book with sustained pleasure because I have an active interest in learning more about Pakistan, its history, culture, and the great diversity of its people. In retirement, I've taken college-level cours...

from Sararush

Read Ali Sethi's The Wishmaker more for a very detailed glimpse of life in modern day Pakistan, and less for a textbook representation of plot progression. The book centers on a family, and opens with preparations for a wedding. During the course of the novel we are given many stories surrounding...

from NML_dc

This book revealed to me how little I knew about Pakistan's modern history. The circular nature of the narrative highlighted the circular nature of politics. I tend to enjoy works with this structure, a personal story told against a backdrop of political change. The Lowland and Kolya are two of m...