Author: Imran Kureshi
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 258
ISBN/UPC (if available): 978-0-19-579526-4
Description
A collection of tender, humorous and ironic sixteen short stories from Pakistan.
Billa Nayee and Other Stories is a collection of sixteen beautiful stories from the Punjab. Many of these stories are derived from actual anecdotes heard, real persons encountered, and the local folklore collected by the author.
Tender and humorous these stories revolve around the lives and consciousness of the people of the small towns and villages. The characters include local feudal lords, rustic lovers, village shysters, wandering minstrels and many others. About all of them there is the flavor of the real life of the land, its soil, and its people.
In this materialistic and busy world, this book will provide real pleasure.
Contents
The Pahlwan's Daughter
Billa and the Orchard
Billa Nayee Gets Sacked
Billa and the Underworld
The Man Who Loved Mangoes
The Mirassi and the Nawab
The Mirassi's Romantic Mission
The Mirassi and the Band of Thieves
How Nathu Shah Got Rich
Interlude
Scattered Rose Petals
The Tale of a Wondrous Serpent
The Prince and the Snake
The Fallen Tree
The Flood
Glossary