Not surprisingly, the Man Asia Prize longlisting of Thinner Than Skin has led to some new attention on the book, including this nice review from a blog site called Eleutheropobia, which is setting out to review all 15 of the longlisted titles. The review begins thusly:
"Layered with prose every bit as lush and verdant as the glacial landscapes it
describes, Uzma Aslam Khan's Thinner Than Skin is a thick, intense and richly rewarding novel set in the
precipitous heart of Pakistan's semi-autonomous Northern Areas."
Well, that's certainly the truth! The review goes on to say many nice things, including that Thinner Than Skin is "a gorgeous book." Can't argue with that either, IMHO.
And by the way, "Eleutheropobia" is apparently a word that means "fear of freedom." Who knew?
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