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A City Kept in Paper

Essays on Karachi, family and memory

by Hina Farooq

A City Kept in Paper
Fourteen essays on growing up and staying in Karachi: the Sunday book bazaar at Regal Chowk, shutter-down days, load-shedding, the sea breeze and the monsoon, a mother's tailoring business and a grandfather's ledger of rain. Includes the essays first published in The Hinterland Review and The Karachi Evening Courier. 224 pages, paperback.

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