The Muslim Vanishes

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The Muslim Vanishes: A Play
Author Saeed Naqvi
LanguageEnglish
GenrePolitical Science
Publisher Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Publication date
January 29, 2022
Publication placeIndia
Pages256
Awards
  • Tata Literary Live 2022 (book)
  • 2022 Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize (cover)
  • Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2023 (cover)
ISBN 978-9-354-92433-0

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]

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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]

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