Daniyal Mueenuddin, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders **** 1/2

A wonderful collection of linked short stories that take place in modern Pakistan. The stories are traditional in style, no fancy experimental approaches. I was particularly impressed by how Mueenuddin's authorial voice managed to seem reserved while still communicating the character's emotions. My only complaint is that a few of the stories seemed too similar: for example, "Saleema" and the title story tell essentially the same story at two different levels of society.