3.5 

The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn

By Usman T. Malik
The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn by Usman T. Malik digital book - Fable

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British Fantasy Award-winner: Best Novella

"The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn" by Usman T. Malik is a fantasy novella about a disenchanted young Pakistani professor who grew up and lives in the United States, but is haunted by the magical, mystical tales his grandfather told him of a princess and a Jinn who lived in Lahore when the grandfather was a boy.

"Fascinating and poetic."--Locus

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The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn Reviews

3.5
“There is so much delectable atmosphere in this book, you can taste the air. This is a story that echoes the reverence and magic of oral tradition. It's most enchanting feature is the careful way it neglects the transposing of spirituality and modern science. What if the answers were always there? What if we are simply specks of dust, lit up in a moment surrounded by inimitable darkness; meant for the Greater Unseen.”
“Gorgeously lush writing, of myth and history, of legends and family legacies. I loved this story, even if the ending left me marginally unsatisfied because it ended up more metaphysical cosmological than fantasy (although to be fair, this was hinted at fairly early on). I love ethnic/ Muslim fantasy stories, and this had all the right ingredients! Except for the brown boy/ white girl pairing that I found annoying bc it seems to play into a particular narrative that grates on my nerves.”

About Usman T. Malik

Usman T. Malik is a Pakistani vagrant camped in Florida. He reads Sufi poetry, likes long walks, and occasionally strums naats on the guitar. His work is forthcoming in the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Year's Best Weird Fiction, Nightmare, and other venues. In December 2014, Usman led Pakistan's first speculative fiction workshop in Lahore in conjunction with Desi Writers Lounge.

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