A Chronicle of the Peacocks Stories of Partition, Exile and Lost Memories,9780195660340

A Chronicle of the Peacocks Stories of Partition, Exile and Lost Memories

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ISBN13: 9780195660340
ISBN10: 019566034X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-03-06
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Intizar Husain is the most important modern short story writer in Urdu. This volume gathers together fifteen of his stories, all drawing imaginatively upon the rich narrative traditions of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist mythologies. The volume also includes an introduction and an interview with Husain.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
Introduction ix
An Unwritten Epic
1(21)
Complete Knowledge
22(11)
The City of Sorrows
33(14)
A Letter from India
47(12)
Tortoise
59(20)
The Boat
79(13)
The One-Eyed Dajjal
92(9)
The Story of the Parrot and the Mynah
101(11)
Leaves
112(15)
Platform
127(14)
Barium Carbonate
141(17)
Hisaar
158(14)
The Staircase
172(15)
The Jungle of the Gonds
187(12)
A Chronicle of the Peacocks
199(10)
Partition, Exile and Memories of a Lost Home
209
Intizar Husain
Alok Bhalla
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