In the Light of What We Know
| Author | Zia Haider Rahman |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | 2014 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 512 |
| ISBN | 0374175624 |
| Author | Zia Haider Rahman |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Picador |
Publication date | 2014 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 576 |
| ISBN | 978-1447231233 |
In the Light of What We Know is the first novel by Zia Haider Rahman. First published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, it was released in the spring of 2014 to international critical acclaim and earned Rahman the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Britain's oldest literary prize, previous winners of which include Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie and Cormac McCarthy. The novel has been translated into many languages, including Czech, Greek and Arabic.