Saeed Naqvi

In Search of Butterflies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Urdu literature has always prominently featured the short story as a form of literary expression. Moreover, Urdu short fiction has shown the same kinds of evolutionary dynamism and innovative flair as other forms of world literature. This book comprises seventeen contemporary short stories, translated into English from Urdu.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780199405701
• ISBN-10: 0199405700
• Artikelnr.: 55396906

Autorenporträt

Dr Saeed Naqvi is an author and translator. He has three collections of short stories to his name: Namabar, Doosra Rukh, and Tuk Tuk Deedam. He has published two novels, Girdab and Baarish Say Pehlay. All of these have been penned in the Urdu language. He is a doctor by profession, and lives and works in the USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
About the Authors
Semantics of Lust
Death of an Insect
The Great Mix-up
The Embarrassed Hyena
An Ode to the World
Stealing the Sea
Leaves
In Search of Butterflies
The Bird
Untying Knots
The Killing Fields
The Cover Faces
A Cage in Waiting
The Man
Valentine's Day
To Be or Not To Be
An Old Story Written Again
Zero Sum Game