Will appeal to fans of The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry and The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz A story from this collection, 'Our Lady of Paris', was nominated for a National Magazine Award Shortlisted for the National Book Award Finalisted for the LA Times Best First Book Award Winner of the Best First Book Award for the Commonwealth Writers' Award (South Asia and Europe) Winner of the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award Winner of the 2009 Story Prize

"In Other Rooms, Other Wonders" illuminates a place and people as it describes the overlapping worlds of an extended Pakistani landowning family. Servants, masters, peasants and socialites, all inextricably bound to each other, confront the advantages and constraints of their station, the dissolution of old ways, and the shock of change. These richly textured stories reveal the complexities of Pakistani class and culture, as they describe the loves, triumphs, misunderstandings and tragedies of everyday life.