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This book explores whether the post-9/11 novels of Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam and Shamsie can be read as part of an attempt to revise modern ‘knowledge’ of the Islamic world, using globally-distributed English-language literature to reframe Muslims’ potential to connect with others. Focussing on novels including Shalimar the Clown, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, The Wasted Vigil, and Burnt Shadows, the author combines aesthetic, historical, political and spiritual considerations with analyses of the popular discourses and critical discussions surrounding the novels; and scrutinises how the writers have been appropriated as authentic spokespeople by dominant political and cultural forces. Finally, she explores how, as writers of Indian and Pakistani origin, Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam and Shamsie negotiate their identities, and the tensions of being seen to act as Muslim representatives, in relation to the complex international and geopolitical context in which they write. .

Pakistani fiction (English) --- English fiction --- American fiction --- Muslim authors --- Islam in literature --- Muslims in literature --- Islam and literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- History and criticism --- Political and social views --- Islam in literature. --- Muslims in literature. --- Islam and literature. --- History and criticism. --- Political and social views. --- Literature and Islam --- Authors, Islamic --- Authors, Muslim --- Islamic authors --- Literature --- Islamic literature --- American literature --- English literature --- Pakistani literature (English) --- Literature   . --- British literature. --- Literature-Philosophy. --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- Oriental literature. --- Postcolonial/World Literature. --- British and Irish Literature. --- Literary Theory. --- Cultural Theory. --- Twentieth-Century Literature. --- Asian Literature. --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship --- Asian literature --- Literature—Philosophy. --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- Pakistani fiction (English) - History and criticism --- English fiction - Muslim authors - History and criticism --- American fiction - Muslim authors - History and criticism --- Muslim authors - Political and social views --- Rushdie, Salman --- Hamid, Mohsin, - 1971 --- -Aslam, Nadeem, - 1966 --- -Shamsie, Kamila, - 1973 --- -Literature   .