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A major literary debut that explores class, culture. Together they make up a vivid portrait of a feudal world rarely brought alive in the english language. Together the stories in in other rooms, other wonders make up a vivid portrait of feudal pakistan, describing the advantages and constraints of social station, the dissolution of old ways, and the shock of change. There were two nurses in the delivery room the night i was born. In other rooms, other wonders in other rooms other. Buy a cheap copy of in other rooms, other wonders book by daniyal mueenuddin. Other wonders by daniyal mueenudin too many books, too little time on april 12, 2010 at 6.
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