Art and Books

Farzana Shaikh discusses her book; says Pakistan’s fixation with religion denies it plurality.

Rushdie has done what he does best — allegory, fable and magic realism with a very distinct sub continental flavour.

In The Masque of Africa, Nobel laureate VS Naipaul dons his misanthrope’s hat, questioning everyone, sparing no one.

Mohsin Hamid speaks to students about the process of writing a novel.

The only complexity in the book lies in the elaborate identity the group for their make-believe soldier.

Dubbed the ‘voice of a revolution’, he was known as one of the most prolific poets of the 20th century.

Pakistan Kion Toota and Jahan-e-Hairat are both worth picking up...

The defining feature of Vargas Llosa's writing is the perilous struggle with an increasingly oppressive reality.

The most beautiful lesson that this book unveils is that the presence of your soul is nothing but an illusion.

Robin S Sharma's written words, quite similar to the spoken ones, weave an enigmatic trail, the book claims.

It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going, says Stephen Hawking.

And Dajjal would come out riding a very large donkey which will cover a mile in a single stride.

There is such a thing as eschatology — a politicised science of belief. Those who fashion it control the...

Although the black-white dichotomy has lost its biological credibility, it is a lived experience within history.

Tony Blair's memoir, A Journey, covers his political life in the years of free trade and the era of terrorism.

On a far-off isle, the true False Messiah, the End-of-Times Deceiver, the One-Eyed Dajjal awaits his foretold advent.

Lok Virsa publishes the fifth book on the ‘dying’ genre of classical music.

JK Rowling says said she could imagine resurrecting Harry Potter despite having officially penned his final adventures

Granta offers some stunning work on Pakistan, providing readers a wide range of topics from Jinnah to the Taliban.

The historical novel is entrenched in the modern consciousness.

Mandelson’s memoir The Third Man, truly give us an insight into the whole grisly dysfunction of New Labour.

Soaring e-book sales point to an emerging trend that has book lovers and technology enthusiasts worried and excited.

Christina Lamb is one of the UK’s most highly regarded journalists and accomplished authors.

Genius and madness haunt Russell through the comic, with references to logicians who have been driven insane.

In all the psychobabble about love, Byrne appears to forget the most important ingredient – reason.

“I click therefore you are” writes Tapu Javeri in the slim coffee-table book, Tapulicious.

Getting your hands on new reading material doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg.

David Nicholls’ One Day is meant to be funny, joyous and gleefully addictive. It is not.

Ahmed Faraz died in Islamabad on August 25, 2008. He is considered to be one of the greatest modern Urdu poets.

The rising cost of textbooks and school materials drives more and more parents to stores selling second-hand books.

Bestselling thriller fiction author James Patterson who earned $70 million, topped the list of high-paid writers.

Christopher Hitchens’ memoir adds another layer to the man we know as a master polemicist and rabble-rouser.

Cafe Flo turned into a well-heeled melee of celebrities and fashionistas who descended for the launch of Tapu's book.

'Life's too Short' journal surfaces at Raja’s bookshop, The Last Word, in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.