July 2008
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In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
Passing from the mannered drawing rooms of Pakistan’s cities to the harsh mud villages beyond, Daniyal Mueenuddin’s linked stories describe the interwoven lives of an aging feudal landowner, his servants and managers, and his extended family, industrialists who have lost touch with the land. Refined, sensuous, by turns humorous,...
Stories
2008
“Provide, Provide” published in Granta 104: Fathers Winter 2008
“In Other Rooms, Other Wonders” published in The New Yorker December 1, 2008
“A Spoiled Man” published in The New Yorker September 15, 2008
2007
“Nawabdin Electrician” published in The New Yorker August 27, 2007
2006
“Our Lady of Paris” published in Zoetrope:...
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Press
Named one of the Top Ten Books of 2009 by Publishers Weekly, TIME, New Statesman, The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, and The Economist.
“Reading Daniyal Mueenuddin’s mesmerizing first collection is like watching a game of blackjack, the shrewd players calculating their way beyond their dealt cards in an attempt to beat the dealer…In this labyrinth of power games and exploits, Mueenuddin...
Tour Dates
Winter 2012
2/8 - Amherst, MA - Amherst College 2/9 - Hanover, NH - Dartmouth 2/14 - Exeter, NH - Exeter 2/15 - Middletown, CT - Wesleyan 2/16 - Groton, MA - Groton School 2/21 - Yuma, AZ 2/24 - Tuscon, AZ - University of Arizona 3/8 - Aspen, CO - Aspen Winter Words 3/14 - Providence, RI - Brown University 3/26 - Wellesley, MA - Wellesley
About
DANIYAL MUEENUDDINwas brought up in Lahore, Pakistan and Elroy, Wisconsin. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale Law School, his stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Zoetrope, The Best American Short Stories 2008, selected by Salman Rushdie, and the forthcoming PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories 2010. He is the 2010 winner of The Story Prize, an annual book award for short story...
Contact
Email:
Daniyal Mueenuddin inotherrooms@gmail.com
Rights:
Bill Clegg, Literary Agent bc@wma.com
Media:
W. W. Norton, Publicity Department publicity@wwnorton.com