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Modern Urdu Short Stories from Pakistan
This anthology brings together English translations of twenty-six Urdu short stories by mostly renowned Pakistani writers. All the stories were written between 1947 and the present time. Authors range from the celebrated Saadat Hasan Manto to Dr Shershah Syed and Mehmood Zafar. Not all of these stories are necessarily the most famous works of their authors, and most of them have not been translated into English before. However, their exquisite depiction of diverse experiences and social realities justifies calling them unforgettable gems of Urdu short story writing. Selected and translated by Amina Azfar, these stories will delight the general reader and will also be found useful by students and scholars studying South Asian literature, culture, and history.
Kahani
Pakistan's finest women writers - Jamila Hashmi, Mumtaz Shirin, and Fahmida Riaz, amongst others - introduce us to the compelling cadences of a rich literary culture. A naive peasant is left with a white man's baby; a frustrated housewife slashes her husband's silk pyjamas; a middle-class woman sees visions of salvation in the tricks of circus animals ... Equally at ease with polemic and lyricism, these writers mirror the events of their convoluted history - nationalism and independence, wars with India, the creation of Bangladesh, the ethnic conflicts in Karachi - in innovative and courageous forms. Influenced both by the Indian and Islamic traditions of their milieu and by the shocking impact of modernity, they are distinguished above all by their artistic integrity and intellectual honesty. 'An excellent anthology by Urdu's foremost women writers' Muneeza Shamsie, Newsline 'I hope that this engaging and diverse work will encourage other translations of contemporary Pakistani fiction.' SOAS bulletin
Short Stories from Pakistan
If Pakistan Were A Different Nation Then What Was Ts National & Cultural Identity? Where Could It Trace Its Beginning? The Short Stories- Written Originally In Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushto And Suraiki And Now Translated Into English- Showcased In This Anthology Engage With The Above Questions In Their Own Ways, Articulating A Multiplicity Of Voices And Experiences. They Chronicle The Birth Of The Pakistani Nation In Traumatic Circumstances And Its Chequered History Over The Past Fifty Years, Through Depicting The ýDesires And Aspirations And Thousand Other Unnamed Feelingsý Of Their Protagonists. While Doing So, They Also Depict The Immensely Varies And Rich Tapestry Of The Cultural Life In Pakistan
Stories
Aa! & I left my own corpse back there! Spine-chilling! That s Intizar Husain for you. One of the finest living writers in Urdu escorts you along the sinuous bylanes of Hindustan and the glitzy Pakistani shops in Anarkali Bazaar, along runaway clouds and forbidden domains. An uncertain but promising journey, a mind-blowing experience
And the World Changed
The only English-language anthology by Pakistani women published in the United States, And the World Changed goes beyond the sensational headlines to reveal the stories of Pakistani women. Immigrants and refugees, travelers and explorers, seasoned authors and fresh voices, the twenty-five writers in this volume are as dynamic and diverse as their stories. Sixty years have passed since the Partition of India, and it’s clear that Pakistani writers have established their own literary tradition to record the stories of their communities. Famed novelist Bapsi Sidhwa portrays a Pakistani community in Houston, Texas, still struggling to heal from the horrors of Partition. In Uzma Aslam Khan’s t...
The Oxford Book of Urdu Short Stories
Some of the best Urdu short stories, from the earliest to contemporary works, come together in this anthology; all in brand new translations. Some of the stories included here are available in different anthologies in other translations, but there are also several that have been translated for the first time, specifically for this volume. The book demonstrates the range of the genre in Urdu.
English Fiction in Pakistan. Focus on Qaisra Shahraz
Document from the year 2015 in the subject Literature - Basics, , course: English Literature, language: English, abstract: Pakistani Literature in English like other worldly literatures is gaining worldly fame and in this respect Pakistani writers particularly in English from time to time have shown their enthusiasm and loyal spirit to highlight the socio-economic, political, cultural problems of Pakistan in which it has lingered so far. Pakistan, being a Multi-ethnic country, has a diverse geography and culture and the people their belief in the feudal system, hierarchical power distribution, which historically is the product of the imperialistic country. This class has always shown resista...
Sand in the Castle
From dancing to masking, the Pakistani woman drudges through in her search for home. In this collection of eleven short stories, author Syrrina Haque explores the concept of home. Is home a physical entity or a spiritual domain? For some people, is home merely a faade? Demonstrating the diversity of the socio-cultural terrain of Pakistan, these stories of life revolve around the theme of physical, spiritual, and psychological displacement and how this relates to the concept of home. In From Boundaries to Boundaries, a thirty-nine-year-old mother of three leaves her abusive husband and Pakistani home for Canada; she hopes for a fresh beginning and a break from her past. In Burka, thirteen-year-old Burka-clad Gulbano flees her home to escape marrying a fifty-year-old Talibbut her fate is worse than she could have imagined. These true-to-life characters search for new horizons to appease their hidden side and arrive at castles built with only with sand. They try to traverse from boundary to boundary in search of a destination, but they find themselves entrapped in their own cocoons.
Selected Short Stories from Pakistan
This collection of works by the best writers of Urdu short fiction is aimed at introducing Pakistani literature to foreign readers. The stories themselves depict certain moral themes concerning the social environment and the problems of humankind, and reflect accurately their authors' literaryachievements and creative talents.
Two and a Half Words and Other Stories
A collection of short stories by Pakistani-born writer Abbas Zaidi. Some may wonder whether or not it is possible for Pakistani writers writing in English to escape the very stereotypes that mobilize the modern perceptions of Pakistan. The world of these stories, whether Pakistan, Borneo, or Singapore may be modern, but it bubbles like a stewpot of the primitive, sometimes the downright atavistic. The crocodiles lie in wait for the Pakistani professionals lured to the river's edge by Filipino pondans who may or may not be real women. The characters may be frequently absurd, but they are never just that, and we experience them as both ridiculous, deeply pathetic, and sometimes frightening.
