Stories by Javed Amir

NON-FICTION: A SENSE OF GRACE

NON-FICTION: A SENSE OF GRACE

From Kurram Valley to the World Bank’s corridors, a Pakistani internationalist retraces a global journey marked by discipline,... Published 08 Feb, 2026 09:32am
NON-FICTION : A NATION’S MIRROR

NON-FICTION : A NATION’S MIRROR

Former foreign secretary Shamshad Ahmed Khan’s memoirs are a chronicle, an apologia and a meditation — an effort to capture Published 21 Dec, 2025 07:03am
FICTION: BRINGING THE BONES HOME

FICTION: BRINGING THE BONES HOME

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s posthumously published, unfinished novella, despite its shortcomings, carries his deep understanding of Published 26 Oct, 2025 08:28am
NON-FICTION: FILLING THE VOID

NON-FICTION: FILLING THE VOID

Atish Taseer’s latest memoir/travelogue is a poetic and philosophical exploration of the condition of modern man, in a world... Published 07 Sep, 2025 09:50am
FICTION: PAMUK’S JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE

FICTION: PAMUK’S JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE

Orhan Pamuk’s pseudo-historical detective story set on a fictional island in Ottoman times reminds us that the postmodern author’s Published 11 Dec, 2022 11:13am
FICTION: THE FRAGILITY OF WHITENESS

FICTION: THE FRAGILITY OF WHITENESS

Mohsin Hamid’s new novel is a fantasy and a love story, but also about grief, loss and transformation and a tragic tale of the... Published 28 Aug, 2022 04:25am
FICTION: PARADISE LOST

FICTION: PARADISE LOST

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar’s latest novel is an elegy for America. But it is also an elegy for Muslim... Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:55am
FICTION: THE SUPERMARKET OF SORROW

FICTION: THE SUPERMARKET OF SORROW

Arundhati Roy’s new novel, longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize, is a story of persecution, albeit one in which Published 17 Sep, 2017 07:01am