{"product_id":"pack-of-2-karachi-after-midnight-volume-1-2-complete-edition-1","title":"Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 1 \u0026 2 — COMPLETE EDITIONS","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKarachi, After Midnight: Volumes 1 and 2 – Complete Two-Book Set\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis two-volume set brings together Shams’s complete entries from 2003 and 2004, preserving the writing of a young gay man documenting his life in Karachi during the early years of the internet in Pakistan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e compiles all of Shams’s 2003 entries, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCounting Traffic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStorm Season\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCity Electric\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He writes of Karachi’s everyday frictions: counting traffic, fighting with his mother, watching men from car windows, and learning what it means to desire in public while needing to remain safe. Unedited and raw, this volume preserves his writing from January to December 2003.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e compiles all three parts of the following year: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecoming Gay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTehzeeb-ul-Ikhlaq Chowk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlowers of Separation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Shams drives through Clifton and Defence, lingers at traffic signals, moves through chatrooms, offices, Ramadan hunger, political noise, illness, funerals, depression, and dangerous moments of recognition. Desire remains present, but the risks deepen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross both volumes, Shams writes with humor, longing, panic, boredom, tenderness, and sudden flashes of beauty. A stranger on the street, a room perfectly arranged, a spontaneous “good job” to Allah for making men beautiful: the ordinary city becomes a record of fear, gratitude, and survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKarachi, After Midnight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the record of a life: funny, searching, often heartbreaking, always real.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShams Tabrizi is a pseudonym.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Khajistan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Shams Tabrizi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 978-1970281019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 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