Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award in Fiction and named one of the Top Ten Books of 2009 by Publishers Weekly, TIME, The Guardian, and The Economist."Probably the best fiction ever written in English about Pakistan, and one of the best [books] to come out of south Asia in a very long time." -- FINANCIAL TIMES"Reading Daniyal Mueenuddins mesmerizing first collection is like watching a game of blackjack, the shrewd players calculating their way beyond their dealt cards in an attempt to beat the dealerIn this labyrinth of power games and exploits, Mueenuddin instills luminous glimmers of longing, loss and, most movingly, unfettered love. -- NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAbout IN OTHER ROOMS, OTHER WONDERSPassing from the mannered drawing rooms of Pakistans cities to the harsh mud villages beyond, Daniyal Mueenuddins linked stories describe the interwoven lives of an aging feudal landowner, his servants and managers, and his extended family, industrialists who have lost touch with the land. Refined, sensuous, by turns humorous, elegiac, and tragic, Mueenuddin evokes the complexities of the Pakistani feudal order as it is undermined and transformed.ABOUT DANIYAL MUEENUDDINDaniyal Mueenuddin was brought up in Lahore, Pakistan and Elroy, Wisconsin. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale Law School, his stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Zoetrope, The Best American Short Stories 2008, selected by Salman Rushdie, and the forthcoming PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories 2010. For a number of years he practiced law in New York. He now lives on a farm in Pakistans southern Punjab. Visit him online at www.inotherrooms.comAbout W. W. Norton & CompanyW. W. Norton & Company, the oldest and largest publishing house owned wholly by its employees, strives to carry out the imperative of its founder to "publish books not for a single season, but for the years" in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, college textbooks, cookbooks, art books and professional books. W. W. Norton & Company now publishes about 400 books annually in hardcover and paperback. Visit them online at www.wwnorton.com.About Quantum ReaderQuantum represents a critical innovation for KiwiTech, because it uses the ePub format to display text on smartphones. Quantum allows users to: -- Use a skimming feature to skip to a specific page number within an e-book -- Adjust the font size to customize the reading experience -- Annotate the text -- Use multiple bookmarks within an e-book -- Search for words or phrases -- Use a backlit feature to enable better visibility for night readingThese features will make Quantum Reader an essential tool for any person who enjoys reading books on a smartphone.About KiwiTechKiwiTech is a new-age e-book distribution company. KiwiTech has built e-book readers for various mobile platforms, with more under development. The firm collaborates with content providers to distribute premium content for three markets -- consumers, associations, and schools on various smartphone platforms. KiwiTech also works with industry leaders to provide app development services. KiwiTech currently has over 80 apps now available on different platforms (including the iPhone and BlackBerry Storm) and has top 20 apps in several countries and in different languages. www.kiwitech.com
