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Euan Kerr
St. Paul, Minn.

Award-winning author creates a world with short stories

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Daniyal Mueenuddin
Daniyal Mueenuddin grew up in Pakistan and the United States. His short story collection "In other rooms, other wonders," he describes life in and around the household of an absentee rural landlord. The book was a National Book Award finalist last year, and is now out in paperback.
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Pakistani author Daniyal Mueenuddin set out to create a miniature world in his book "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders."

It was nominated for a 2009 National Book Award. The book is a collection of short stories set in Pakistan about the people in and around the household of an absentee landowner called K.K Harouni.

Mueenuddin has a Pakistani father and an American mother. He told Euan Kerr he hopes using linked stories in this way can help interpret Pakistani life for western readers.

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Daniyal Mueenuddin
Daniyal Mueenuddin grew up in Pakistan and the United States. His short story collection "In other rooms, other wonders," he describes life in and around the household of an absentee rural landlord. The book was a National Book Award finalist last year, and is now out in paperback.
MPR photo/Euan Kerr