THE Pakistani novel in English occupies a space of contestation and confusion.
There are those that believe that it must be a response to global articulations of Pakistan. Others insist that it must be a defence of a culture and context widely misunderstood.
Just as vehement are detractors, who insist that the novel as an art form must focus on stories that lie at the recesses of mainstream discourse, the ones that remain untold, and hence forgotten. Considering the Pakistani novel in English begs the question of whether writing of any sort must have an agenda.
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