The quilt: stories

By:

Chughtai, Ismat

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Gurugram Penguin Books 2011Description: 140pISBN:

9780143416005(pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

891.439 CHU

Summary: "Ismat Chughtai burst into the literary scene at a time when writing by and about women was rate and tentative. She brought the idiom of the middle class to Urdu prose, examined the political and social mores of her time and explored female sexuality with unparalleled frankness. Translated by M.Asaduddin, this collection brings together the best of Chughtai's short fiction, marked by her brilliant turn of phrase, scintillating dialogue and wry humour."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Plaksha University Library	Literature	891.439 CHU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004828

"Ismat Chughtai burst into the literary scene at a time when writing by and about women was rate and tentative. She brought the idiom of the middle class to Urdu prose, examined the political and social mores of her time and explored female sexuality with unparalleled frankness.

Translated by M.Asaduddin, this collection brings together the best of Chughtai's short fiction, marked by her brilliant turn of phrase, scintillating dialogue and wry humour."

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