Grieving for Pigeons : Twelve Stories of Lahore (Revised Edition)

Von:

Ahmad, Zubair [aut]

Mitwirkende(r):

Murphy, Anne, 1967- [oth]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Buch (Online)Sprache: Englisch Reihen: Mingling Voices SeriesVerlag: Athabasca : Athabasca University Press, 2023Copyright-Datum: ©2024Auflage: 2nd edBeschreibung: 1 Online-Ressource (198 pages)ISBN:

9781771994323
9781771994330

Schlagwörter:

LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Pakistan, Lahore, Punjabi, short stories, translation, Partition, Muslim, Shahmuki, Gurmukhi, India, colonialism, Urdu, Indian Punjab

Andere physische Formen: Erscheint auch als: 1-77199-431-2 DDC-Klassifikation:

891.4/2372 23/eng/20240108

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Inhalte:

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- GRIEVING for PIGEONS -- Bajwa Has Nothing More to Say Now -- Dead Man's Float -- Pigeons, Ledges, and Streets -- He Has Left, and Won't Be Back -- The Beak of the Green Parrot, Submerged in the River -- Sweater -- Unstory -- The Estranged City -- The Silence of Saints -- Half Maghar Moon -- The Wall of Water

Zusammenfassung: In this poignant and meditative collection of short stories, Zubair Ahmad evokes the complex realities of post-colonial Pakistani Punjab. Skillfully translated from Punjabi by Anne Murphy, this collection is an essential contribution to the wider recognition of the Punjabi language and its literaturePPN: PPN: 1916222625Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB

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