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Kamila Shamsie on writing history in A God in Every Stone

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Great Writers Inspire at Home
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Author Kamila Shamsie reads from her 2014 novel A God in Every Stone, and discusses it with Prof. Elleke Boehmer and the audience.
She speaks about the inspiration for the novel, who she writes for, and how she transforms historical facts into compelling narrative.

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Great Writers Inspire at Home
People
Kamila Shamsie
Elleke Boehmer
Keywords
writers in dialogue
literature
Pakistan
empire
first world war
history
South Asia
reading
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 25/08/2017
Duration: 00:59:36

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