KARACHI: Actress Mira Sethi’s debut book, “Are You Enjoying”, has been longlisted for The Story Prize, an annual award that honours the author of an outstanding collection of short fiction with a $20,000 cash award.
The book is a collection of short stories. Taking to Twitter, the writer wrote: A moment of gratitude amid despairing news from the world. ARE YOU ENJOYING longlisted for The Story Prize?”
A moment of gratitude amid despairing news from the world.
ARE YOU ENJOYING longlisted for The Story Prize. ???????? https://t.co/77l3UqntAG
— Mira Sethi (@sethimirajee) February 25, 2022
These are stories about the intersection of identity, sexuality, power, and desire: an actress on the set of her first major TV show, a strong matriarch navigating politics in a conservative setting, an illicit love affair between a woman and a much-older man, two friends who agree to marry in order to keep their sexualities a secret.
In each story, Sethi peels away layers to reveal young Pakistanis navigating love and longing — their conflicting desires and obligations — against the backdrop of contemporary Pakistan.
Mira’s debut novel had made it to Vogue’s Best Books to Read in 2021, a list co-compiled by Refinery29 and Vogue Magazine.
Mira Sethi grew up in Lahore and attended Wellesley College, after which Sethi worked as a books editor at The Wall Street Journal. She has written op-ed pieces for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian. Sethi regularly appears in mainstream Pakistani drama series on television.
