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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti (2011) is a novel by Pakistani author and journalist, Mohammed Hanif.
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Author | Mohammad Hanif |
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Language | English |
Genre | Cultural Fiction |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
ISBN | 0-224-08205-1 |
The story revolves around the everyday life of a Christian nurse working in a government hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi.
The author explained that it was a love story, but some critics suggested that the novel is also a statement on the plight of religious minorities living in Pakistan.
It was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize (2012), [1] and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (2013). [2]