Victoria University of Wellington and the High Commission
for Pakistan invite you to a celebration of Pakistani writers in English. There
will be a presentation of books to the Victoria University Library, followed by
a public lecture by Associate Professor Jane Stafford.
When: 5.30pm, Tuesday 19 November
Where: Hunter Council Chamber, Level 2, Hunter Building,
Gate 1 or 2, Kelburn Parade, Wellington
The Song of the Nightingale, the Sound of the iPhone:
Contemporary Pakistani Fiction and the Modern World
From Bapsi Sidhwa’s 1979 carnivalesque novel The Crow
Eaters, to the jazzy slang of Mohsin Hamid’s How to Get Filthy
Rich in Rising Asia (2013), Pakistani fiction is electrifying and
insistent. Contemporary Pakistani writers deal with history, ancient and
recent; with politics, local and global; and with family and modernity. Ranging
from the decorum of tradition to the complexities of living in the 21st-century
city, this talk introduces the voices and stories of a vibrant and various
literature.
Refreshments
will be served following the lecture.
RSVP
by Friday 15 November. Phone 04-472 1000 or email rsvp@vuw.ac.nz with ‘Pakistan’ in
the subject line.
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