Burnt Shadows

Name: Burnt Shadows
Author: Kamila Shamsie

by Kamila Shamsie

A woman's past as a Hiroshima survivor connects across generations and continents

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Kamila Shamsie

Pakistani-British novelist whose Home Fire, a retelling of Antigone set against ISIS radicalization, won the Women's Prize for Fiction. Her work explores Pakistani diasporic identity and the clash between personal and political loyalties. She is one of the most important writers of the Pakistani diaspora.

More by Kamila Shamsie

Home FireSisters navigate family honour, religion, and love when one declares she'll join ISIS
KartographyA cartographer's daughter inherits secrets and maps connecting Pakistan, Afghanistan, and identity
A God in Every StoneAn archaeologist's love for a Sufi saint unfolds across centuries and spiritual devotion
Salt and SaffronA Pakistani family's culinary traditions and love bind across displacement and belonging
In the City by the SeaA woman's exile and return to her Pakistani coastal hometown confront past loves and identity