Author to Author: Soniah Kamal and Rebecca Entel
In their latest novels, Soniah Kamal and Rebecca Entel incorporate history and cultural heritage and reach back through time to create stories that have modern-day resonance. Kamal’s Unmarriageable is a retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice as viewed through a Pakistani lens. Entel’s Fingerprints on Previous Owners is a slave narrative set in the Caribbean. Rebecca Entel: I recently attended a talk on Jane Austen fandom and couldn’t stop thinking about your new book! What was the impetus for Unmarriageable? Do…