Author: Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi
Editor(s): Muhammad Umar Memon / Faruq Hassan
Publisher: Katha
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 306
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187649380
Description
This collection of Urdu short stories rendered in a naturalistic vein reveal themselves to be the work of a writer who has observed the lives of his people with the practiced eye of a shrewd observer and found them worth celebrating.
The Resthouse is a collection of Urdu Short stories depicting Qasimi's deep roots in his culture and locale. The stories portray common men and women with their disappointments and gullibility, joys and sorrows, and bring them across as strong characters.
A volume worth collecting, for those interested in true to life fiction
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
A Sample
The Burial
Lawrence of Thalabia
A Mother's Love
The Old Banyan
Old Man Noor
Parmeshwar Singh
The Pond with the Bo Tree
Praise be to Allah
Sultan, the Beggar Boy
The Thal Desert
Theft
The Unwanted
A Wild Woman
The Resthouse