Uzma Aslam Khan

The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali -- an excerpt

An excerpt of my new book in Scroll. https://scroll.in/article/921930/the-japanese-occupation-of-the-andamans-during-world-war-ii-changes-lives-irrevocably-in-this-novel



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Uzma Aslam Khan
Author of five novels, most recently THE MIRACULOUS TRUE HISTORY OF NOMI ALI. Some short fiction and non-fiction too. I was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and grew up mostly in Karachi. Movement has been a close friend and home. As a child, I also lived in Manila, Tokyo and London. As an adult, in Upstate NY, Tucson, Lahore, Rabat, Honolulu, and, presently, western Massachusetts. I wrote my first (complete) story at age six and can never remember a time when I didn't scribble in a notebook. In this photo, I’m on a suspension bridge in Hunza, northern Pakistan, where a previous novel THINNER THAN SKIN is set. I found the bridge on my way from Passu to Gilgit. In case you’re in the area, you can hazard the crossing by following this route.
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THE MIRACULOUS TRUE HISTORY OF NOMI ALI:

In the US, from Deep Vellum Publishing

In the US, from Deep Vellum Publishing
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In the UK, from Deep Vellum Publishing

In the UK, from Deep Vellum Publishing
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In Pakistan, from Ilqa/Readings

In Pakistan, from Ilqa/Readings
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In Sweden, from Ordfront Forlag

In Sweden, from Ordfront Forlag
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In India, new paperback from Context/Westland Feb 2023

In India, new paperback from Context/Westland Feb 2023
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SELECTED REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

  • The New York Times ("Best Historical Fiction 2022")
  • The New York Times ("Books for Summer 2022")
  • Los Angeles Review of Books (interview with Aracelis Girmay)
  • Publishers Weekly
  • Kirkus Reviews
  • US Launch at City Lights Bookstore, April 2022 (YouTube)
  • US Launch at Porter Square Books, May 2022 (video recording)
  • Full Stop Magazine (interview with Claire Chambers)
  • Southeast Review (interview with Aroosa Kanwal)
  • First Post (Interview with Aarushi Agrawal)
  • Scroll India
  • Indian Express
  • Punch magazine (interview with Shireen Quadri)
  • The Tribune
  • The Hindu
  • Frontline (interview with Ziya Us Salam)
  • Open magazine
  • Cafe Dissensus (interview with Pooja Pande)
  • Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden)

THINNER THAN SKIN:

US edition

US edition
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SELECTED REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

  • Book Launch at Karachi Literature Festival 2014 (YouTube)
  • Book Launch of French Edition: Interview with Librairie Mollat (YouTube)
  • Critics At Large
  • The Feministani
  • India Today
  • The Toronto Star
  • Dawn (Cover Story)
  • The Hindu
  • The Book Review
  • A Novel Approach

In Canada, from Harper Collins

In Canada, from Harper Collins
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UK edition

UK edition
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In Pakistan, from Ilqa/Readings

In Pakistan, from Ilqa/Readings
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In Turkey, from Erdem

In Turkey, from Erdem
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In India, from 4th Estate/Harper Collins

In India, from 4th Estate/Harper Collins
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French edition

French edition
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THE GEOMETRY OF GOD:

US edition

US edition
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SELECTED REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS:

  • Oprah magazine
  • Kirkus Reviews (starred)
  • Washington Times
  • Ploughshares
  • Granta magazine
  • Eclectica magazine
  • Nylon magazine "10 Incredible Books by Muslim Women Writers"
  • DNA India
  • New Age Islam
  • Q&A at Modern Times Bookstore, LitQuake LitCrawl, San Francisco (YouTube)

The Geometry of God in Italy (as Mehwish Parla al Sole)

The Geometry of God in Italy (as Mehwish Parla al Sole)
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French edition

French edition
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Spanish edition

Spanish edition
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In Pakistan, from Ilqa Publications/Readings

In Pakistan, from Ilqa Publications/Readings
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In India, from Rupa & Co.:

In India, from Rupa & Co.:
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SHORT FICTION:

Now Pray: Notes on a Separation

  • Read it in AGNI 92 (print only)

Plum Island

  • 1st prize winner of Zoetrope: All Story Short Fiction Contest 2019, judged by Tommy Orange

My Mother is a Lunar Crater

  • 2nd prize winner of Zoetrope: All Story Short Fiction Contest 2018, judged by Colum McCann

The Origin of Sweetness

  • Read it in Desi Delicacies: Food Writing from Muslim South Asia (print only)

Ice, Mating

  • Read it in Granta: Pakistan

SELECTED NON-FICTION:

On Pakistan's Transgender Community

  • Read it in The Herald

Non-Western Books Everyone Should Read

  • Read it in The Guardian

A Tribute to Sabeen Mahmud

  • Read it in Counterpunch

Where Are the Women Tabla Players?

  • Read it in Dawn

The 2013 massacre on Nanga Parbat's base camp

  • Read it in Counterpunch

Letter to Obama (2008)

  • Read it in Counterpunch

Colonial literary trends invisibilizing Muslim women

  • Read it in The Drawbridge

The 2006 Mohammad cartoon controversy

  • Read it in Counterpunch

On the Iraq War

  • Read it in Counterpunch

TRESPASSING

TRESPASSING
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UK paperback edition

UK paperback edition
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SELECTED REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS:

  • https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/uzma-aslam-khan-a-cocktail-of-influences-109127.html
  • https://www.newstatesman.com/node/158281
  • http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/10/24/RVG609CBC41.DTL
  • http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/fiction/uzma-aslam-khan/trespassing-4/#review
  • https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/trespassing-by-uzma-aslam-khan-102204.html
  • http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?220550

Pakistani edition

Pakistani edition

Indian edition

Indian edition

French edition

French edition
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Norwegian edition

Norwegian edition
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A Norwegian review

  • http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/litteratur/Forbudt-elskov-i-Pakistan-6538603.html

The Story of Noble Rot (2001)

The Story of Noble Rot (2001)

Reissued in 2009 by Rupa & Co., India

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