About the Book: Thinner Than Skin Thinner than Skin is a riveting novel about identity andbelonging. Its also a love story: between Nadir, a Pakistani mantrying to make his way as a photographer in America, and Farhana, aPakistani American woman who wants to return to a country shesnever seen. Together, Nadir and Farhana journey to northernPakistan, accompanied by one of her colleagues-who will join her instudying that countrys extraordinary glaciers-and by Nadirs oldestfriend. But they are not the only interlopers here: a suspect in arecentbombing has arrived just before them, and the authorities hunt forhim casts a dangerous shadow over their journey. It is here, inthis magnificent landscape-where glaciers are born of matingice-that a chance meeting with a young nomad will change theirlives, and the lives of those around them, forever. Thinner than Skin is a haunting tribute to these lands, and tothe nomadic life of the indigenous people there, where Chinaencroaches and Pakistanis, Uzbeks, Russians, Chinese, and Afghans,all come together to trade. It is a work of piercing beauty andintelligence, and an urgent novel for our times. About the Author: Uzma Aslam Khan Uzma Aslam Khan is the author of three previous novels,including The Geometry of God, named one of Kirkus Reviewsbestbooks of 2009. Her fiction and non-fiction have been publishedaround the world. An excerpt from Thinner than Skin was featured inGranta magazines widely celebrated issue on Pakistan. Reviews Smart, fierce and poignant. Perhaps the most exciting novelyetby this very talented writer- Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist