The Ghost Children of the North | Bina Shah | Granta Magazine

The Ghost Children of the North

Bina Shah

‘‘I asked him what the four seasons of the year were’, she says, ‘and he replied, ‘sardi, garmi, hangama, hartal’’. (Winter, summer, riots, strikes.)’

Bina Shah

Bina Shah is a Pakistani writer from Karachi, known for her novels, short stories, and columns in the New York Times. Her recent feminist dystopian novel, Before She Sleeps, was published in August 2018 by Delphinium Books.

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