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Aftermath: 3 Tales Told In The Shadow Of Sept. 11

A firetruck is parked near the  nearly completed Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug.  14.

September 8, 2011 The impact of Sept. 11 sent shock waves through every aspect of modern American life, permeating and defining the culture of a generation. Granta editor John Freeman recommends three novels that examine the attacks of that day, and the lives that were forever altered.

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Novelists See Pakistan as Land of Contradictions

Kamila Shamsie

August 15, 2007 Pakistan, celebrating its 60th anniversary this week, is a country of contradictions, two Pakistani-born novelists say. On the one hand, there are signs of optimism about the emergence of democracy. On the other, Pakistan is seen as the focus of the war on terrorism.

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Mohsin Hamid and 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'

Novelist Mohsin Hamid; photo by Ed Kashi

April 3, 2007 In a single monologue, the protagonist of Mohsin Hamid's sophomore novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, tells his life story to an American stranger over dinner in a Pakistani cafe. Hamid's first novel, Moth Smoke, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

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