Immolation of an Angel

A Biased Review

Immolation of an Angel by Mohammad Sarwar is the first publication of The Metamodern Press. If you’re wondering why this is a “biased review,” it’s because I am The Metamodern Press.

I don’t want to go into what Metamodernism is outside of the fact that Metamodern literature is also known as “the new seriousness.” If we were to compare apples to apples — Sarwar is Pakistani, as is Salman Rushdie — then Sarwar’s novel is much more serious in tone than it anything by Rushdie. You will find some similar themes in each, and you will find aspects of…