{"title":"Fiction Anthologies","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore collections of fiction that bring together stories by one or more writers in a single volume. 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They first appeared at various times over the last few decades, in noted Asomiya journals, and were widely acclaimed. But this is the first time they are appearing together in a single volume, forming a valuable montage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories have been painstakingly collected after exhaustive discussions and the translations carried out by some of the most experienced, sensitive and highly regarded translators available in each language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis series, which has evolved over several years, is the result of a collaboration between Katha and the North East Writer forum-a national level publisher and a regional literary body. Neither partner could have carried out a project of this scope and magnitude without the other. The series, which incorporate volumes on short stories, novellas, folktales, plays and children's stories, has been planned to include a representative yet heterogeneous collection, so that an authentic feel of the region can be made available to readers outside the area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Invitation\u003cbr\u003eMunni's Legs\u003cbr\u003eThe Cavern\u003cbr\u003eSirala and Sinduin\u003cbr\u003eGuilt\u003cbr\u003eLooking for Ismael Sheikh\u003cbr\u003eThe Bride\u003cbr\u003eDefeat \u003cbr\u003eMissing\u003cbr\u003eThe Twilight Hour\u003cbr\u003eThe Protectors\u003cbr\u003eAudition\u003cbr\u003eOn the Death of an Elephant\u003cbr\u003eThe Crucifixion\u003cbr\u003eMoina\u003cbr\u003eLost\u003cbr\u003eDisease\u003cbr\u003eThe\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Gita Rajan \/ Katha \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776266154153,"sku":"12400","price":16.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/12400_af82f1cb-849c-432e-bdd1-693832271056.jpg?v=1625514320"},{"product_id":"13881-gendered-space-anthology-of-stories","title":"Gendered Space - Anthology of Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: A Selection\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Jehanara Wasi \u0026amp; Alka Tyagi\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Srishti\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2004\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 219\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 818857533X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories, translated from stories written in major Indian languages, give us a glimpse into lives of our women, cutting through class and caste. The stories reflect different ways women see themselves or are regarded by others: as essentially female; as rebellious, resisting the norms of patriarchal society; as victims of social injustice and religious bigotry. They bring into open the struggles and aspirations of women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe short stories in the present selection are also life-fragments which leave an enduring impact on the subject and his\/her surroundings. These stories which are translated from stories written in major Indian languages not only provide a glimpse into Indian women's experience, they also indicate the fine tapestry of expression woven out of these experiences by writers writing in regional languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYatra\u003cbr\u003eArjun\u003cbr\u003eFish Out of Water\u003cbr\u003eThe Dorsal Eye\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the Blind Alley\u003cbr\u003eA Girl Called Stella\u003cbr\u003eThe Saint and the Witch\u003cbr\u003eSumati\u003cbr\u003eDidn't I Know It!\u003cbr\u003eLet's Ask the Psychologist\u003cbr\u003eSatyakaam and Jaabaali\u003cbr\u003eKokila Mahari\u003cbr\u003eThe Deadline\u003cbr\u003eThe Whip\u003cbr\u003eSometimes\u003cbr\u003eA Deer in  the forest\u003cbr\u003eLiberation\u003cbr\u003eThe Profession\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"A Selection \/ Srishti \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776323760297,"sku":"13881","price":18.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/13881_b2016005-aa27-4ed4-9528-aed90e38ee2b.jpg?v=1625514878"},{"product_id":"13932-the-complete-short-stories-of-guy-de-maupassant","title":"The Complete Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Guy de Maupassant\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Rupa\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1995\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 1011\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): N\/A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuy De Maupassant was born on 5 August 1850. Two occurrences in Maupassant youth, spent near Dieppe, France, scarred him for life. One was the seperation of his parents when he was 11 year old. Raised by his strong neurotic mother, Maupassant adored her, hated his father, despised all husbands, and remained a bachelor. The other was the discovery that he has syphilis, which he had either inherited or contracted. He claimed he was cured  of it, but he wasn't, and in his later years it destroyed him. Living in Paris and studying law, he began to write, with his mother's friend Gustave Flaubert as his stern mentor. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuitting law, Maupassant worked for ten years as a government clerk, mostly for the naval ministry. When  he was 30, his first published short story, Boule de Suif, the story of a Rouen prostitute, caused a sensation, and three years later he published his first novel, Unne Vie, called by Leo Tolstoy the best French novel since Les Miserables. After that writing steadily, Maupasant became rich and famous, ultimately prossessing four dwellings and two yachts. He was a powerful man, able to row a boat fifty miles in a single day. But syphilis killed him in the end. He became ill, began to hallucinate, and tried to cut his throat. 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There is music that kills; a stuffed bird that flies; a rabbi who is tortured by hope; a debtor who remembers to pay even after death; and a man who dupes none other but himself! Symbolically potent, and wilfully shocking, this is a collection of addictive stories from masters like Ambrose Bierce, Saki, Lord Halifax, Rudyard Kipling, and Ruskin Bond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuskin Bond, one of India's best-loved and most prolific writers, has been writing novels, poetry, essays and short stories for almost half a century now. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApart from this, over the years he has expertly compiled and edited a number of anthologies. 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Narayana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8.HEAR ME SANJAYA\u003cbr\u003eShashi Deshpande\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9.STEEL HAWK\u003cbr\u003eBhabani Bhattacharya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10.THE THIEF\u003cbr\u003eRuskin Bond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11.THE VOICE OF GOD\u003cbr\u003eKhushwant Singh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12.SEXY\u003cbr\u003eJhumpa Lahiri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13.INTERPRETER OF MALADIES \u003cbr\u003eJhumpa Lahiri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTES AND GLOSSARY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Radha Mohan Singh \/ Motilal Banarsidass \/ Paperback","offer_id":40783495495849,"sku":"26867","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/26867.jpg?v=1625500285"},{"product_id":"15098-kulliyat-e-manto-manto-ke-afsane-vol-2-urdu","title":"Kulliyat - e - Manto  (Manto ke Afsane - Vol. 2)   URDU","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Saadat Hasan Manto\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Humayun Ashraf\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Educational Publishing House\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2009\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: Urdu\u003cbr\u003ePages: 687\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8182230683\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManto was a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction.  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Volumes have been arranged in alphabetical order of the title of the stories.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is second in the series, and covers titles beginning with Urdu alphabet J, Ch, H, Kh, D, R, S and Sh etc and  includes 93 short fiction of Manto  besides a comprehensive introduction, critical survey of his works, philosophy and style. .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMUKADAMA\u003cbr\u003ePESH LAFZ\u003cbr\u003eMANTO NAMA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tJanki\u003cbr\u003e2.\tMohamad\u003cbr\u003e3.\tJaraz Istemal\u003cbr\u003e4.\tJao Khaf if Jao\u003cbr\u003e5.\tJism Aur Rooh\u003cbr\u003e6.\tGentlemeino Ka brush\u003cbr\u003e7.\tJoota\u003cbr\u003e8.\tJi Aya Sahab\u003cbr\u003e9.\tJeyli\u003cbr\u003e10.\tJhmkey\u003cbr\u003e11.\tJhooti Kahaniy\u003cbr\u003e12.\tChugat\u003cbr\u003e13.\tChaudhvin Ka chand\u003cbr\u003e14.\tChor (1)\u003cbr\u003e15.\tChor (2)\u003cbr\u003e16.\tChori\u003cbr\u003e17.\tChoohedan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISHARIYA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tHafiz Hussain Den\u003cbr\u003e2.\tHamid Ka Bachha\u003cbr\u003e3.\tHaj Akbar\u003cbr\u003e4.\tHazamat\u003cbr\u003e5.\tHusan Ki Tafleek\u003cbr\u003e6.\tHalal Aur Jhatka\u003cbr\u003e7.\tHaiwaniyat\u003cbr\u003e8.\tKhalid Mian\u003cbr\u003e9.\tKhali Botle Khali Dabbe\u003cbr\u003e10.\tKhabardaar\u003cbr\u003e11.\tKhuda Ki Kasam\u003cbr\u003e12.\tKhat Aur Uska Jabab\u003cbr\u003e13.\tKhwab Khargosh\u003cbr\u003e14.\tKhuz Fareb\u003cbr\u003e15.\tKhudkashi\u003cbr\u003e16.\tKhoshat\u003cbr\u003e17.\tKhashboodar Tel\u003cbr\u003e18.\tKhushya\u003cbr\u003e19.\tKhooni Thook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISHARIYA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tDus Rupy\u003cbr\u003e2.\tDawate Amal\u003cbr\u003e3.\tDadda Pehlwan\u003cbr\u003e4.\tDo Kaumen\u003cbr\u003e5.\tDhuan\u003cbr\u003e6.\tDekh Kabira Roya\u003cbr\u003e7.\tDewali Ke Diye\u003cbr\u003e8.\tDewana Shayer\u003cbr\u003e9.\tDarling\u003cbr\u003e10.\tDr Shirodkar\u003cbr\u003e11.\tDarpok\u003cbr\u003e12.\tDharas\u003cbr\u003e13.\tRajo\u003cbr\u003e14.\tRam Khilaman\u003cbr\u003e15.\tRam-Eshgar\u003cbr\u003e16.\tRati-Masha Toza\u003cbr\u003e17.\tRehmat Khuda \/ Vandgi Ke Bhool\u003cbr\u003e18.\tRishwat\u003cbr\u003e19.\tRiyayat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISHARIYA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tSaare Teen Aane\u003cbr\u003e2.\tSayat Sheree\u003cbr\u003e3.\tSubz Sandal\u003cbr\u003e4.\tSajda\u003cbr\u003e5.\tSaraj\u003cbr\u003e6.\tSarkandon Ke Peechey\u003cbr\u003e7.\tSarmai\u003cbr\u003e8.\tSarak Ke Kinare\u003cbr\u003e9.\tCigarette Aur Fountain Pen\u003cbr\u003e10.\tSantar Panch\u003cbr\u003e11.\tSauda Bechne Wali\u003cbr\u003e12.\tSuraj Ke Liye\u003cbr\u003e13.\tSorry\u003cbr\u003e14.\tSau Candle Pawar Ka Bulb\u003cbr\u003e15.\tSaunorqi\u003cbr\u003e16.\tSaune Ki Anguthi\u003cbr\u003e17.\tSahae\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISHARIYA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tShadan\u003cbr\u003e2.\tShadi\u003cbr\u003e3.\tSharda\u003cbr\u003e4.\tShanti\u003cbr\u003e5.\tShah Dole Ka Chhuha\u003cbr\u003e6.\tShareefan\u003cbr\u003e7.\tShaghal\u003cbr\u003e8.\tShikari Auraten\u003cbr\u003e9.\tShaljam\u003cbr\u003e10.\tShushu\u003cbr\u003e11.\tSheh Nasheenpar\u003cbr\u003e12.\tShaheedsaz\u003cbr\u003e13.\tShaida\u003cbr\u003e14.\tSher Aaya-Sher Aaya Davrna\u003cbr\u003e15.\tSheru\u003cbr\u003e16.\tSahabe Karamat\u003cbr\u003e17.\tSadke Iske\u003cbr\u003e18.\tSafai Pasandi\u003cbr\u003e19.\tTaquat Ka Imtehan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISHARIYA\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Saadat Hasan Manto \/ Educational Publishing House \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40789092237481,"sku":"15098","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/15098.jpg?v=1625568395"}],"url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/collections\/fiction-anthologies.oembed","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}