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The Muslim Vanishes: A Play
AuthorSaeed Naqvi
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPenguin Random House India Private Limited
Pages256
Awards
  • Tata Literary Live 2022 (book)
  • 2022 Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize (cover)
  • Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2023 (cover)
ISBN978-9-354-92433-0

The Muslim Vanishes: A Play is a book written by Saeed Naqvi and published by Penguin India on 29 January 2022.[1] It is also the first-ever Audio Play released by Penguin India Publishers.[2] Antra K., the cover designer of the book won the Best Cover Design category at the 2022 Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize[3][4] and the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2023 for the cover of the book.[5]

Reviews

The book has been reviewed by Divya Trivedi of Frontline The Hindu,[6] Maaz Bin Bilal, an associate professor of Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, in Scroll.in,[7][8] Lamat R Hasan of The Hindustan Times,[9] Shah Alam Khan of The Indian Express,[10] Neville Teller of The Jerusalem Post,[11] Zeba Vagh of FeminisminIndia.com,[12] Javed Anis of iChowk.in,[13]

It is reviewed by Sudhanva Deshpande of The Hindu who said, "The Muslim Vanishes works brilliantly as polemical literature but, sadly, not as theatre."[14]

Awards

  • Tata Literature Live Award 2022[15]

References

  1. ↑ "The Muslim Vanishes". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  2. ↑ Wahi, Kavya (2022-12-05). "The Muslim Vanishes: Penguin India's first-ever audio play". Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  3. ↑ "How to judge a book by its cover". Mintlounge. 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  4. ↑ Scroll Staff (2022-12-06). "Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival announces winners of its annual literary prizes". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  5. ↑ Scroll Staff (2022-12-21). "The Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize reveals its 2023 longlist of 21 books". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  6. ↑ "Book Review: Saeed Naqvi's play 'The Muslim Vanishes' is a fable for our time". Frontline. 2022-02-06. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  7. ↑ Bilal, Maaz Bin (2022-04-16). "'The Muslim Vanishes': A play imagines the implications of a social and economic boycott of Muslims". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  8. ↑ "'The Muslim Vanishes': A play imagines the implications of a social and economic boycott of Muslims – JGU Research Blog – O.P. Jindal Global University". Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  9. ↑ Hasan, Lamat R. "Review: The Muslim Vanishes: A Play by Saeed Naqvi". Hindustan Times.
  10. ↑ "And Then There Were None: Veteran journalist Saeed Naqvi's The Muslim Vanishes imagines India without its Muslim population". The Indian Express. 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  11. ↑ "'The Muslim Vanishes'". The Jerusalem Post. 2022-02-24. ISSN 0792-822X. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  12. ↑ Vagh, Zeba (2023-07-27). "Saeed Naqvi's 'The Muslim Vanishes' Calls For Empathy In Times Of Hate". Feminism in India. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  13. ↑ "The Muslim Vanishes: एक जरूरी नाटक, जो काल्पनिक होते हुये भी सच्चाई के बहुत करीब है!". www.ichowk.in. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  14. ↑ Deshpande, Sudhanva (2022-03-26). "Sudhanva Deshpande reviews Saeed Naqvi's 'The Muslim Vanishes'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  15. ↑ Scroll Staff (2022-10-28). "Tata Literature Live announces longlists across categories for its 2022 literary awards". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-07-20.

External links

The Muslim Vanishes at Google Books