A Dragonfly in the Sun: An Anthology of Pakistani Writing in English (Jubilee Series)

Unknown to many readers in the West, Pakistan has a rich, vital literary tradition. The work included in A Dragonfly in the Sun represents the some of the most vibrant writing to come out of Pakistan in recent memory. Literary journalist Muneeza Shamsie brings together a retrospective selection of fiction, poetry and drama by over forty Pakistani writers including Tarik Ali, Hanif Qureshi, Bukghana Ahmed and Amir Hussein.
Opening with the pre-partition works of Shahid Shurawardy and Ahmed Ali, A Dragonfly in the Sun contains extracts from Bapsi Sidwa's The Candy Man, the prose and poetry of Zulfikar Ghose, as well as the prize winning chapter from Sara Suleri's Meatlessà. Comprehensive in scope, the book includes such classical work as the poetry of Rafat and Hanif Qureshi, as well as more recent work from a newer generation of Pakistani writers such as Ria Faisal Imam, Moniza Alvi and Sorayya Y. Khan.