Uzma Aslam Khan, Thinner Than Skin

Nadia Anwar (University of Management and Technology, Pakistan)

Ed. by Muneeza Shamsie, Independent Scholar - Asia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.2: Pakistani and Bangladeshi Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège), Muneeza Shamsie (Independent Scholar - Asia), Niaz Zaman (Independent University Bangladesh)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2012

Places

America - Central (Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

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Uzma Aslam Khan’s

Thinner Than Skin

(2012) was the winner of the French Embassy Prize for the Best Fiction at the Karachi Literature Festival in 2014. Through her sensual and rich writing, Khan depicts the complex interlacing of human and natural life. As Razeshta Sethna notes while appreciating the nature-driven aura of the narrative, “the novel delves into the emotions of grief and love as the author attempts to show how lives are unravelled without warning and individuals shaped by their environment” (2013).

Set within the rich cultural and geographical landscape of Pakistan’s Northern areas, the novel is mesmerizing and edgy, packed with suspense, romance, foreboding, and remorse. The setting is fascinatingly phantasmagoric - such as the majestic presence of Nanga Parbat

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Citation: Anwar, Nadia. "Thinner Than Skin". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 March 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=39054, accessed 24 April 2024.]

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