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Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English Looking at a wide selection of Pakistani novels in English, this book explores how literary texts imaginatively probe the past, convey the present, and project a future in terms that facilitate a sense of collective belonging. The novels discussed cover a range of historical movements and developments, including pre-20th century Islamic history, the 1947 partition, the 1971 Pakistani war, the Zia years, and post-9/11 Pakistan, as well as pervasive themes, including ethnonationalist tensions, the zamindari system, and conspiracy thinking. T he book offers a range of representations of how and whether collective belonging takes shape, and illustrates how the Pakistani novel in English, often overshadowed by the proliferation of the Indian novel in English, complements Pakistani multi-lingual literary imaginaries by presenting alternatives to standard versions of history and by highlighting the issues English-language literary production brings to the fore in a broader Pakistani context. It goes on to look at the literary devices and themes used to portray idea, nation and state as a founda- tion for collective belonging. The book illustrates the distinct contributions the Pakistani novel in English makes to the larger fi elds of postcolonial and South Asian literary and cultural studies. Cara Cilano is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA. She is the author of N ational Identities in Pakistan: The 1971 war in contemporary Pakistani fi ction (Routledge 2010). 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Webb 63 Bollywood and Globalisation 55 Bollywood Travels The global power of popular Culture, diaspora and border Hindi cinema crossings in popular Hindi cinema Edited by David J. Schaefer and Rajinder Dudrah Kavita Karan 64 Regional Economic Integration 67 Contemporary Pakistani in South Asia Fiction in English Trapped in confl ict? Idea, nation, state Amita Batra Cara N. Cilano 65 Architecture and Nationalism 68 Transitional Justice in in Sri Lanka South Asia The trouser under the cloth A study of Afghanistan and Nepal Anoma Pieris Tazreena Sajjad 66 Civil Society and Democratization in India Institutions, ideologies and interests Sarbeswar Sahoo Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English Idea, nation, state Cara N. Cilano First published 2013 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2013 Cara N. Cilano The right of Cara N. Cilano to be identifi ed as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice : Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifi cation and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Cilano, Cara. Contemporary Pakistani fi ction in English: idea, nation, state / Cara N. Cilano. p. cm. – (Routledge contemporary South Asia series; 67) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Pakistani fi ction (English)–History and criticism. 2. Group identity–Pakistan. I. Title. PR9540.4C55 2013 823’.920995491–dc23 2012039543 ISBN: 978-0-415-68276-3 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-203-55224-7 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by Deer Park Productions to Lee, friend and inspiration

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