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

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Mingling Voices SeriesPublisher: Athabasca : Athabasca University Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2024Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 Online-Ressource (198 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781771994323
  • 9781771994330
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: 1-77199-431-2 DDC classification:
  • 891.4/2372 23/eng/20240108
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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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