In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
# In Other Rooms, Other Wonders

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders is a collection of short stories written by Pakistani-American author Daniyal Mueenuddin, who has also worked as a journalist, lawyer and a businessman. His book has won The Story Prize, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and other honors and was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize and the 2009 National Book Award.

## Stories

* "Nawabdin Electrician"
* "Saleema"
* "Provide, Provide"
* "About a Burning Girl"
* "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders"
* "Our Lady of Paris"
* "Lily"
* "A Spoiled Man"

## Summary

The stories uncovers a variegated society in which people's social status and expectations are understood without being explained, and in which the class system and poverty are shown to influence any decision made at a critical moment in the characters' lives. The book consists of eight linked stories written in Pakistan in the 1970s, '80s and '90s, and describe Pakistani culture from within.

## Reviews

Sonny Mehta, editor-in-chief and chairman of Bertelsmann AG's Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, says;

   "The Pakistani writers are addressing change and what's happening today in the world. There is something completely contemporary in this writing."

Poet and Writer Magazine writes;

   "Mueenuddin's book investigates life in his native Pakistan (he was also raised in Massachusetts) through the lenses of individuals in different stations, from an electrician to a woman servant to a farm manager, a position the author himself occupies today. He described himself as being in the profession of identifying characters, both in his writing and in his business at home."
