Author: Joginder Paul
Translator(s): M Asauddin/ Naseeb Khan/Asmat Jahan et al
Publisher: Katha
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 288
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187649852
Description
A corpse talks all the way to the morgue. A crocodile eats away precious moments between a couple. A knot of angry words lands on a wife's dirty blouse. By turns grim, moving and downright eerie, this unique volume jerks you out of your reverie.
Selected by celebrated author Joginder Paul, this compilation of thirty six short stories explores diverse strands of Urdu short fictions in the last thirty years.
Contents
Introduction
Inheritance
Black and White Feathered Pigeons
The Dressing Table
Refuge
Justice
Telephone
Temptation
Good and Evil
The Crow Chronicle
The Humble Abode
One Who Sold Wonders
The Witness
Faces
Labyrinths
Idlers
One Night's Paradise
The Second Shroud
Cargo Complex
Munni of Bengali House
To The Evening of Friends' City
The Dead Radar
Yes Jharo, I am Radhey
Funeral
A Companion
Reflection
The Flame Burns
Tower of Babylon
Across the Raavi
Zuleikha's Daughter
Shroud
The Crocodile
Sheesha Ghat
Name Plate
The Last Show
Karbala is Far Off
The Sea and the Word
Epilogue
Notes on Contributors