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NIAS Press Jin Ping Mei – A Wild Horse in Chinese
Book SynopsisThe late 16th-century novel Jin Ping Mei has been described as a landmark in the development of the narrative art form, there being no earlier work of prose fiction of equal sophistication in world literature. However, it is also seen as something of a wild horse, its graphically explicit depiction of sexuality earning it great notoriety. Although Jin Ping Mei was banned soon after its appearance, today the novel is considered one of the six classics of Chinese literature. It is thus no surprise that Jin Ping Mei has caught the attention of scholars working in many different fields, places and periods. Unfortunately, the interdisciplinary and transnational exchange has been limited here, in part because of distance and language barriers. The present volume aims to bridge this gap, bringing together the best quality research on Jin Ping Mei by both established and emerging scholars. Not only will it showcase research on Jin Ping Mei but also it will function as a reader, helping future generations to understand and appreciate this important work.
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HarperCollins India From One Birth to Another: Stories from Jaina
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Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd Electric Steel: Parallel Stories from Italy,
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Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd Simplicity and Purity: Poets, Farmers and Parsis
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Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd The Eighteenth Parallel
Book SynopsisAs he negotiates friendships with Tamils like himself, Muslims, Anglo-Indians and girls, and struggles to make sense of peaceful Hyderabadâs violent accession to the Indian Union, the horrors wreaked by the Nizamâs Razakars, the communal riots, and World War II.
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Orient BlackSwan The Collected Short Stories of Kazi Nazrul Islam
Book Synopsishis unique volume presents all 20 of Kazi Nazrul Islam's short stories for the first time in English translation. Featuring rich imagery, evocative landscapes, references to music, classical poetry, folktales and more, these stories invite the reader to re-evaluate the rebel poet' as an empathetic humanitarian. The volume is a transnational, collaborative labour of love bringing together stellar editors and translators from Bangladesh and India. The stories are accompanied by a timeline of Nazrul's life and a critical introduction that not only provides foundational contexts for the stories
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Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd The Scar
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Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited Kalindi Brahmankanya: A Novel
Book SynopsisIt is the early 1900s in Mumbai. Educated and financially independent, Kalindi Dagge dreams of living in a casteless and equitable society as a single mothera life far removed from the one she had in the stifling world she left behind. A world where she was the daughter of a brahmin lawyer, Appasaheb Dagge, and the casteless Shanta; and the granddaughter of another brahmin and his schoolteacher mistress who rejected the idea of marriage. A world in which she was an outcast; the daughter of a man who rejected his caste but not his caste pride. A world where she had reclaimed her grandmother's legacy and chosen, in defiance of family and society, to live as the mistress of Shivsharanappa, a Lingayat tobacco merchant, who later abandoned her and left her on the verge of suicide.
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Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited The Treasure of The Khasi Hills
Book SynopsisFor the first time, this iconic story appears in English in this lucid translation that will entice a whole new generation of readers into Hemenbabuâs world.
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HarperCollins India Life And Political Reality: Two Novellas
Book SynopsisBorn in 1953 in Old Dhaka, Shahidul Zahir died young and published only six works in his lifetime -- but these are some of the most unique and powerful works of fiction to have come out of the subcontinent. With his own particular blend of surrealism, folklore, oral storytelling traditions, magic realism.
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HarperCollins India The Book of BIhari Literature
Book SynopsisThe Book of Bihari Literature is a vibrant collection of writings-poems, essays, stories-that have flowed from the pens of the great poets, thinkers and writers across millennia, who were born or lived in what is modern-day Bihar. This book makes accessible to English-speaking readers the bounty of Bihari literature, and brings to the fore works in neglected languages by ancient philosophers and celebrated contemporary authors alike.
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HarperCollins India An Order from the Sky and Other Stories
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HarperCollins India Assassin
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HarperCollins India Sahela Re: A Novel
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HarperCollins India The Pig Flip
Book SynopsisBrilliantly narrated and illustrated by Joshy Benedict, The Pig Flip - translated from the Malayalam by K.K. Muralidharan - is a surreal and narcotic tale of addiction and comeuppance that will linger hauntingly in the mind long after you've read it.
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HarperCollins India Maria, Just Maria
Book SynopsisSandhya Mary's novel masterfully translated by the award-winning Jayasree Kalathil - is an insightful and humorous take on ideas like normal-abnormal, natural-human, love-hate, that define contemporary society, and the exuberant and moving story of a woman trying to find her place in this world.
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HarperCollins India Urdu: The Best Stories of Our Times
Book SynopsisUrdu: The Best Stories of Our Times, edited and translated by Rakhshanda Jalil, presents a kaleidoscopic vision of the current literary landscape by bringing together some of the finest contemporary writers of fiction. In these pages, we find stories about the land and its people in wide-ranging tones: compassionate, sarcastic, whimsical, witty, tragic, but always thrilling and enchanting in equal measure. The stories highlight the numerous histories, identities and themes that have been celebrated or challenged in the last few decades.
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HarperCollins India A Game Of Fire
Book SynopsisIn post-Partition Amritsar, Satnam Singh helps Hindu and Sikh refugees at Guru Ram Das Serai. He witnesses escalating communal violence as friends turn to revenge, aiming to cleanse the city of Muslims.
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Westland Books 1990 Aramganj
Book SynopsisMohalla Aramganj is abuzz with wild conjectures about the impending arrival of L.K. Advani's Ram Rath. Folk who could barely rouse themselves for the anti-Mandal agitation are now astirwhat does their love of Ram call them to do? Conversations change, relationships are strained, new animosities crop up. How does all this ferment affect the swashbuckling Mohammadiya Hindu' Ashiq Miyan, renowned Rambhakt and proprietor of the Two-in-One Tailoring shop? In this astutely crafted novel, Rakesh Kayasth deploys a Greek chorus of people's fears, arguments and judgements to portray the social conundrum of India's heartland. A microcosm of India, Aramganj's cast of small-town characters embodies caste pride, religious superstition and patriarchy, all of which have a hand in the grisly climax of this story.
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Westland Publications Limited Into the Forest
Book SynopsisINTO THE FOREST, AN EXQUISITELY WRITTEN, HARD-TO-DEFINE NOVEL, IS AS MUCH A MEDITATION ON THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIP TO NON-HUMAN LIFE AS IT IS A LOOK AT THE PUSH AND PULL OF GENDER, CLASS AND RACE IN OUR SOCIETIES. Why do you want to know about what happened, bhai?' The older man mentions a paper in the UK that may be interested in what happened to Nabi. Its politics are impeccable. His story will resonate there. Nabi looks unconvinced. People must know our stories,' says the reporter. Why? What good does it do?' There are three disappearances; they could all be crimes', but only one of them ends up in murder. Germany, with its unique fractures, is the perfect setting.
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HarperCollins India Mudritha
Book SynopsisJissa Jose's Mudritha explores women's lives: their desires, ambitions, love, anger, and attempts to resist and rise above the encroachment over their bodies and souls.
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HarperCollins India Do Not Ask the River Her Name
Book SynopsisAnd through them, she also tells of the indomitable river of love and humanity that flows across the boundaries drawn by nationhood and religion.
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HarperCollins India On the Banks of the Mayyazhi
Book SynopsisThis is a classic work of fiction, encompassing history and folklore and beautifully written; it belongs on the bookshelves of all literature lovers.
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Zubaan The Saga of Satisar
Book SynopsisCombining myth, legend, geography, history, and politics, The Saga of Satisar is the panoramic history of the Kashmiri Pandits. In it, award-winning Hindi writer Chandrakanta unspools a novel that spans two centuries, illustrating how Kashmiri lives have been transformed and the multicultural tradition disappeared in the face of military oppression. Finding as its culprits militancy, state mismanagement, and the dirty play of politics, The Saga of Satisar is a passionate and heartfelt cry for a treasured land and way of life that is quickly disappearing. Chandrakanta writes beautifully of her beloved Kashmir, remarking that even as the colorful memories of her youth mingle with the fragrance of the cool breezes, these realities are fading, leaving her only a world of memories to dwell in.
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Zubaan The Madness of Waiting
Book SynopsisPublished in 1899, Muhammad Hadi Ruswa's famous novel "Umrao Jaan Ada" created a sensation when it came out, with its candid fictionalized account of the life of Umrao Jaan, based on a renowned Lucknow courtesan and poetess of the same name. Considered by many to be the first Urdu novel, it remains highly popular today and has been the basis of three films and a Pakistani television serial. But despite Ruswa's notoriety, few know that a month after he wrote "Umrao Jaan Ada", he penned a sly novella entitled "Junun-e-Intezar", in which "Umrao" avenges herself on her creator, Ruswa, by narrating the story of his life. Blurring the lines between truth and fiction, narrator and character, this clever narrative strategy gives the courtesan a voice. While "Umrao Jaan Ada" is still celebrated, "Junun-e-Intezar" has been completely forgotten - until now. The "Madness of Waiting" redresses this imbalance, featuring both the Urdu original and a superb English translation. The book also includes a critical introduction that rethinks "Umrao Jaan Ada" and the Urdu literary milieu of the late-nineteenth-century Lucknow courtesan.
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Aleph Book Company THE GREATEST URDU STORIES EVER TOLD
Book SynopsisThis book curated by Muhammad Umar Memon showcases 25 top Urdu short stories, spanning from traditional to avant-garde styles. Stories depict themes like death, poverty, Partition, and desire, leaving a lasting impact on readers with their depth and variety.
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Niyogi Books Day and Dastan: Two Novellas
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Niyogi Books Land Lust
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Niyogi Books Contemporary Urdu Short Stories from Kolkata
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Niyogi Books Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay: Tales of Early Magic
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Aleph Book Company HARIJAN: A NOVEL
Book SynopsisFirst published in the Odia in 1948, and translated for the first time here into English by Bikram Das, Gopinath Mohanty''s Harijan is one of the most original and radical Indian novels of the twentieth century. It brings to vividife the story of a group of Mehentarsiving in a slum. Cleaningatrines with their bare hands is the only work that they can hope to find as their caste excludes them from every other occupation. Theeader of this group is the middle-aged and foul-mouthed Jema who starts her day by gulping down a potful ofiquor and smoking pinkas in order to deal with the stench of the excreta. One day, Jema comes down with a fever and is unable to go to work. Fourteen-year-old Puni offers to take her mother''s place. The next morning Puni wakes up early, bathes, puts on a clean sari, and dabs some cheap perfume on her skin. Stepping out of the hut excitedly, she picks up basket and broom. When she arrives at the firstatrine, the stink hits her with the force of a hammer blow. She drops her basket and broom, turns around, and is trying to run away, when her friends stop her. This is what you will have to do every day for the rest of yourife! It is your fate!'' Avinash Babuives in a palatial house next to the slum. He is planning to evict the Mehentars in order to develop the slum into a residential colony. One night, a fire breaks out and the entire slum is burned to the ground. The Mehentarseave the slum carrying their remaining possessions on their backs. They have nowhere to go but they are past all worriesthey know that no matter where they go, they will still be cleaning excrement, for they are Harijans.
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Niyogi Books Dudiya: In Your Burning Land
Book SynopsisThis fast-paced novel featuring thrilling encounters, ambushes and races against time, highlights the issue of Naxalism plaguing Chhattisgarh and other states of India.
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Juggernaut Publication The Paradise of Food
Book SynopsisA landmark Urdu classic translated for the first time Khalid Jawed is one of the most original and extraordinary writers in Urdu today. The Paradise of Food is an Urdu classic known for its radical, experimental form and savage and dark honesty. It tells the story of a middle-class Muslim joint family over a span of fifty years. As India and Islamic culture hardens, the narrator, whose life we follow from boyhood to old age, struggles to find a place for himself, at odds in his home and in the world outside. But to describe the novel in its plot is to do its originality no justice. In this profoundly daring work tense, mysterious, even unfathomable on occasion Jawed builds an atmosphere of gloom and grotesqueness to draw out his themes. And in doing so he penetrates deep into the dark heart of middle-class Muslims today. Superbly translated, The Paradise of Food is a novel like no other.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. THE GREATEST INDIAN STORIES EVER TOLD
Book SynopsisThe Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told is a selection of some of the finestiterary short fiction written by Indian writers since the genre came into being in the country in theate nineteenth century. Including early masters of the form, contemporary stars, as well as brilliant writers who came of age in the twenty-first century, this anthology takes in its sweep stories from the various regions, languages, anditeratures of India. These authors are some of the most feted in the annals of Indianiterature and have, between them, won virtually every majoriterary prize on offerincluding the Nobel Prize foriterature, the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, and numerous state, national, and international honours.
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Juggernaut Publication The Paradise of Food
Book SynopsisWinner of JCB Prize for Literature 2022'' A landmark Urdu classic translated for the first time Khalid Jawed is one of the most original and extraordinary writers in Urdu today. The Paradise of Food is an Urdu classic known for its radical, experimental form and savage and dark honesty. It tells the story of a middle-class Muslim joint family over a span of fifty years. As India and Islamic culture hardens, the narrator, whose life we follow from boyhood to old age, struggles to find a place for himself, at odds in his home and in the world outside.
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HarperCollins India The Garden of Tales: The Best of Vijaydan Detha
Book SynopsisAnd between them, they explore humanity in all its myriad manifestations: love and desire, innocence and cunning, wisdom and folly, greed and deceit, righteousness, valour and the illusion of power.
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World Editions His Name Is David
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World Editions The Dutch Maiden
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Rab-Rab Press Journey to the Land of Movies
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The American University in Cairo Press Heads Ripe for Plucking
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The American University in Cairo Press Clamor of the Lake: A Modern Arabic Novel
Book SynopsisClamor of the Lake begins with the appearance of an old fisherman of unknown origin sailing a black boat. Taciturn and enigmatic, he takes on a woman and her twin boys. While he gives away nothing about his past, his undemanding companionship prompts the woman to narrate her turbulent life. Meanwhile, in a nearby village by the lake, Gomaa and his wife have found respite from the dreariness of their existence in the fantastic objects the sea churns up during gales—a sword, alluring panties, a talisman. But when the waves cast up a chest that speaks in a language no one can comprehend, Gomaa is haunted by its voice. As the tumult of the lake drives a wedge between the couple, it turns two neighbors into close allies: Karawia, a café proprietor, and Afifi, a grocer. Eventually, they too will be haunted by the siren song of the lake.In Mohamed El-Bisatie’s lyrical novel, the stories of these various figures converge on the mercurial presence of the lake, which in the end proves the narrative’s true hero. An accomplished experiment in the poetics of space, Clamor of the Lake won the 1995 Cairo International Book Fair Award for Best Novel of the Year.
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The American University in Cairo Press The Essential Yusuf Idris
Book SynopsisYusuf Idris (1927-91), who belonged to the same generation of pioneering Egyptian writers as Naguib Mahfouz and Tawfiq al-Hakim, is widely celebrated as the father of the Arabic short story, just as Mahfouz is considered the father of the Arabic novel. Idris studied medicine and practised as a doctor, but even as a student his interests were in politics and the support of the nationalist struggle, and in writing - and his writing, whether in his regular newspaper columns or in his fiction, often reflected his political convictions. He was nominated for the Nobel prize for literature more than once, and when the prize went to Naguib Mahfouz in 1988, Idris felt that he had been passed over because of his outspoken views on Israel. In all, Yusuf Idris wrote some twelve collections of superbly crafted short stories, mainly about ordinary, poor people, many of which have been translated into English and are included in this collection of the best of his work. But although he is best known for his short stories, he also wrote nine plays and a number of novels and novellas, the best of which are also sampled here.
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The American University in Cairo Press Papa Sartre
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The American University in Cairo Press The Hashish Waiter
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The American University in Cairo Press Saint Theresa And Sleeping with Strangers
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The American University in Cairo Press Muniras Bottle
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The American University in Cairo Press House of the Wolf: An Egyptian Novel
Book SynopsisThis novel is set in an idyllic Egyptian village from the time it was discovered by Muhammad Ali's mission in the early nineteenth century to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, movingly intertwining events on the world scene with the life dramas of its protagonists. The story opens with the pivotal character, Mubarka al-Fuli, now a grandmother and matriarch, wanting to dictate a letter to God for her grandson to send to the Almighty by email. We are then ushered back in time to Mubarka's fiery adolescence and her painfully aborted romance with Muntasir, son of the village's deceased but legendary strongman. The shifting fortunes of the al-Deeb clan affect every aspect of its members' lives, from their sexual vulnerabilities to the grief of loss, the uncertainties of a changing world, and the heartaches born of betrayal, and love unfulfilled.Trade Review"In this beautifully crafted novel, there are luminous moments where history literally arrives at a village swept by more than a century of colonial rule, revolutions, and wars. In its evocation of imagined history and fictive events, the novel ... invites us to reflect on the boundaries that separate the village from modernity, fiction from history, and art from life."-Tahia Abdel Nasser, Mahfouz Medal Award Committee
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