Are You Enjoying?: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780525434214)

An exhilarating debut by a young writer from Pakistan: provocative, funny, disarmingly original stories that upend traditional notions of identity and family, and peer into the vulnerable workings of the human heart.

"Emotional, equally hilarious, and gutting. I couldn't put this book down because I'd been welcomed into the most intimate parts of these characters' lives." --Rupi Kaur, author of Milk and Honey

From the high-stakes worlds of television and politics to the intimate corridors of home--including the bedroom--these wryly observed, deeply revealing stories look at life in Pakistan with humor, compassion, psychological acuity, and emotional immediacy. Childhood best friends agree to marry in order to keep their sexuality a secret. A young woman with an anxiety disorder discovers the numbing pleasures of an illicit love affair. A radicalized student's preparations for his sister's wedding involve beating up the groom. An actress is forced to grow up fast on the set of her first major tv show, where the real intrigue takes place off-screen. Every story bears witness to the all-too-universal desire to be loved, and what happens when this longing gets pushed to its limits. Are You Enjoying? is a free-spirited, confident, indelible introduction to a galvanizing new talent.

Author: Mira Sethi
ISBN-10: 0525434216
ISBN-13: 9780525434214
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2022
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d