Dur e Aziz Amna

A subversive debut GUARDIAN Prose that dances with charge and potency LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS WINNER of a 2023 ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE and a 2023 SOUTH ASIA BOOK AWARD On a year-long exchange programme, sixteen-year-old Hira must swap the bustle of urban Pakistan for church and volleyball practice in rural Oregon. Stuck between two worlds, her experience...

'Smart and gripping - I read it in one sitting. Tara is a glorious creation, crackling with life and aspiration and sensuality.' Kamila Shamsie, author of Home Fire In a village in rural Pakistan, Tara is waiting and watching. The smell of dung and dust hangs over her world. She is desperate to leave the petty life of the village...