An Epic Unwritten

An Epic Unwritten

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Author: Muhammad Umar Memon
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 369
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0140272275

Description

A collection of some of the most memorable Urdu stories about the Partition and its aftermath.

In this valuable addition to the growing body of literature on the Partition, Memon brings together works by the finest Urdu writers o f this century.

Manto's haunting story 'Sahae' is about a pimp who meets with a tragic end while trying to save the belongings of one of his girls during the communal riots in Bombay. Rajinder Singh Bedi's 'Lajwanti' poignantly describes the anguish of Sunder Lal, whose wife has been abducted by the other side. Ismat Chugtai's 'Roots' is a heart-rending tale of an old matriarch, abandoned by her family, who prefers to lose her life to marauding mobs rather than migrate to an alien land.

In addition to these are more recent stories. This volume includes works by other well-known Urdu writers.

Skillfully translated, the stories portray with great realism and sensitivity the human tragedy that follows the collapse of mutual trust in keeping a multi-religious society together.

Contents

Preface

Saadat Hasan Manto
SAHAE

Rajinder Singh Bedi
LAJWANTI

Ashfaq Ahmad
THE SHEPHERD

Jamila Hashimi
BANISHED

Upender Nath Ashk
TABLELAND

Ahmad Nadim Qasimi
PARMESHAR SINGH

Intizar Husain
AN UNWRITTEN EPIC

Altaf Fatima
DO YOU SUPPOSE IT’S THE EAST WIND?

Ismat Chughtai
ROOTS

Hasan Manzar
KANHA DEVI AND HER FAMILY

Muhammad Salim-ur-Rahman
THE THAW

Masud Ashar
OF COCONUTS AND BOTTLES OF CHILLED BEER

Khalida Husain
THE WAGON

Syed Muhammad Ashraf
THE ROGUE

Salam Bin Razzack
A SHEET

Ali Imam Naqvi
THE VULTURES OF THE PARSI CEMETERY

Ilyas Ahmad Gaddi
A LAND WITHOUT SKY

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