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Our Lady Of Alice Bhatti
''Our Lady of Alice Bhatti'' (2011) is a novel by Pakistani author and journalist, Mohammed Hanif. Plot The story revolves around the everyday life of a Christian nurse working in a government hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi. The author explained that it was a love story, but some critics suggested that the novel is also a statement on the plight of religious minorities living in Pakistan. Reception It was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize (2012), and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature is an international literary prize awarded annually to writers of any ethnicity or nationality writing about South AsiaNote: South Asia for the purposes of the prize is defined as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka ... (2013). References External links"Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif" ''The Guardian'', 23 October 2011 2011 novels Pakistani novels Novels by Mohammed Hanif Jonathan Cape books Novels set in Karachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Hanif
Mohammed Hanif (born November 1964) is a British Pakistani writer and journalist who writes a monthly opinion piece in ''The New York Times.'' Hanif is the author of the critically acclaimed book ''A Case of Exploding Mangoes'', which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, and won the Commonwealth Prize for Best Book. His second book, '' Our Lady of Alice Bhatti'', won the Wellcome Book Prize. He also worked as a correspondent for the BBC News based in Karachi and was the writer of the an acclaimed feature film about the city, ''The Long Night.'' His work has been published by ''The New York Times'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The New Yorker'' and ''The Washington Post''. His play ''The Dictator's Wife'' has been staged at the Hampstead Theatre. Life He was born in Okara, Punjab. He graduated from Pakistan Air Force Academy as a pilot officer, but subsequently left to pursue a career in journalism. He initially worked for News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Cape (publisher)
Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death in 1960. Cape and his business partner Wren Howard set up the publishing house in 1921. They established a reputation for high quality design and production and a fine list of English-language authors, fostered by the firm's editor and publisher's reader, reader Edward Garnett. Cape's list of writers ranged from poets including Robert Frost and C. Day Lewis, to children's authors such as Hugh Lofting and Arthur Ransome, to James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, to heavyweight fiction by James Joyce and T. E. Lawrence. After Cape's death, the firm later merged successively with three other London publishing houses. In 1987 it was taken over by Random House. Its name continues as one of Random House's British Imprint (trade name), imprints. Cape – biography Early years Herbert Jonathan Cape was born in London on 15 November 1879, the youngest of the seven ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |