And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women - Softcover

Muneeza Shamsie is a Pakistani writer and critic and lives in Karachi. She has served as regional chair (Eurasia) for the Commonwealth Writers Prize 2009-2011, is Bibliographic Representative (Pakistan) for the Journal of Commonwealth Literature and she guest edited the special Pakistan issue for The Journal of Postcolonial Writing. A frequent contributor to Dawn newspaper and Newsline magazine, she has edited two other pioneering anthologies of Pakistani English writing: A Dragonfly in the Sun and Leaving Home.

"In this anthology there is no shortage of illuminating moments, either cultural or literary. . . . The authors regularly include terms from their native languages, a hybrid form that reminds the reader that these women truly write in the borderlands. [And the World Changed], skillfully collected and assembled, admits us into that life between worlds." ―The Bloomsbury Review

"I could not put this book down! And the World Changed is a groundbreaking collection that has the potential to propel contemporary writing by Pakistani women to the center of postcolonial literary canons. . . . A book to savor, to think upon and share with everyone." ―Chandra Talpade Mohanty, author of Feminism Without Borders, Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity

"A pathbreaking anthology, a feast of women's writing which challenges stereotypes of Pakistani women since Partition. It is essential reading for anyone interested in this emerging literature." ―Janet Wilson, Professor of English and Postcolonial Studies, The University of Northampton

"Muneeza Shmasie's gem-like collection is once personal, autobiographical, and national. The stories suggest that the tiniest personal moments connect, directly or obliquely, to the traumas of national and political identity formation." ―Zohreh Sullivan, Professor of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Of immense historic, political, and literary significance . . . these words will change us as they invent worlds we thought we knew." ―Sunaina Maira, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis

"[A] must for any world literature collection." ―Midwest Book Review: Wisconsin Bookwatch

"A welcome addition to the growing corpus of women's writing from the subcontinent. . . . Highly Recommended." ―Choice Magazine (starred review)

"In this anthology there is no shortage of illuminating moments, either cultural or literary. . . . The authors regularly include terms from their native languages, a hybrid form that reminds the reader that these women truly write in the borderlands. [And the World Changed], skillfully collected and assembled, admits us into that life between worlds." The Bloomsbury Review

"I could not put this book down! And the World Changed is a groundbreaking collection that has the potential to propel contemporary writing by Pakistani women to the center of postcolonial literary canons. . . . A book to savor, to think upon and share with everyone." Chandra Talpade Mohanty, author of Feminism Without Borders, Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity

"A pathbreaking anthology, a feast of women's writing which challenges stereotypes of Pakistani women since Partition. It is essential reading for anyone interested in this emerging literature." Janet Wilson, Professor of English and Postcolonial Studies, The University of Northampton

"Muneeza Shmasie's gem-like collection is once personal, autobiographical, and national. The stories suggest that the tiniest personal moments connect, directly or obliquely, to the traumas of national and political identity formation." Zohreh Sullivan, Professor of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Of immense historic, political, and literary significance . . . these words will change us as they invent worlds we thought we knew." Sunaina Maira, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis

"[A] must for any world literature collection." Midwest Book Review: Wisconsin Bookwatch

"A welcome addition to the growing corpus of women's writing from the subcontinent. . . . Highly Recommended." Choice Magazine (starred review)