The Life's Too Short : Literary Review 01 New Writing from Pakistan

The Life's Too Short Literary Review 01: New Writing from Pakistan brings together the winning entries from the inaugural Life's Too Short Short Story Prize, as well as other selected works from Pakistan, like archival material from Mohsin Hamid's Man Booker-nominated The Reluctant Fundamentalist, an excerpt from Sabiha Bano's controversial Urdu work Challawa, translated by Mohammed Hanif, an excerpt from Rabbit Rap, Pakistan's first graphic novel, and architect and urban designer Attiq Uddin Ahmed's photo essay 'Sign Your Name Across My Heart'. The Indian edition also carries a bonus non-fiction piece by environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam.

The Life's Too Short Short Story Prize was founded by Faiza S. Khan and Aysha Raja in 2009 to encourage and promote new Pakistani writing through an open prize inviting entries of under 5,000 words, with winning entries selected by Mohammed Hanif, DaniyalMueenuddin and Kamila Shamsie.

Contributors:

• Attiq Uddin Ahmed
• Mehreen Ajaz
• Ahmad Rafay Alam
• Sarwat Yasmeen Azeem
• Sabiha Bano
• Rayika Choudri
• Michelle Farooqi
• Musharraf Ali Farooqi
• Sadaf Halai
• Mohsin Hamid
• Mohammed Hanif
• Danish Islam
• Madiha Sattar
• Bina Shah
• Aziz A. Sheikh
• Bilal Tanwee