Author: Emminent Contributors
Translator(s): Madan Gupta
Publisher: Writers Workshop
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 174
ISBN/UPC (if available): 817595924X
Description
Present day Urdu short story writers have maintained the tradition of their predecessors and are faithful chroniclers of the present times. In from, technique and treatment they display high standards and can stand shoulder to shoulder with story writer in any language. This collection testifies this view.
Human follies and frailties are portrayed faithfully and fearlessly. The heights that human beings rise to and the love, affection and sacrifice they are capable of are presented with skill and sympathy.
The Wanderer in this collection is a story by the renowned writer Qurratulain Hyder. It is a pen-portrait of a hitchhiker. Interwoven in are world pictures depicting the horrors of war.
Readers may find some well-known writers missing in this collection. This was unavoidable. The purpose was to present to the reader a collection comprising the well-known and the not-so-well-known writers. The collection should be viewed from that angle.
Contents
The Wanderer
QURRATULAIN HYDER
Wedding Night
RAM LALL
When The Curtain Falls
BASHESHAR PRADEEP
Lakshmi
SALIHA ABID HUSSAIN
Redemption
SHRAWAN KUMAR VARMA
Her Answer
BANO SARTAJ
The Divider
SHAHNAZ SHAHIN
Termites Take Over
SUHAIL AIJAZ SIDDIQUI
The Culprit
IZHAR USMANI
Eyes of the Lowly
SULTAN SUBHANI
Twelve Hours
KHWAJA AHMAD ABBAS
Dewal Rani’s Story
ZAKIA MASHHADI
Traumatic Travel
TAHA AFANDI
I First..
TASKEEN ZAIDI
Splintered Mirror
MAZHER-UL-ZAMAN KHAN
Prayer
NASREEN BASHEER
Escape
SUGRA MEHDI
And In the End I
GURBACHAN SINGH
Biographical Notes on Authors