Qurratulain Hyder

Qurratulʻain Ḥaidar

Traces four souls through four Indian epochs, the classical, the medieval, the colonial, and the modern post-national

River of Fire

One woman’s journey through the tumultuous and passionate birth of a new nation.

Fireflies in the Mist

Now Available In English For The First Time This Great Novel, Originally Published In Urdu In 1959 Is Easily One Of The Most Discussed In Contemporary India And Widely Acclaimed As A Literary Landmark.

Partition, independence, democracy. This book tells the tale of the birth of two new nations, experienced in the lives -- and deaths of its young citizens. Set in Luknow of the 1940s, Qurratulain Hyder's masterly early novel is a story of kinship, intimate friendships and love in a context of political upheaval. Rakshanda, Peechu, Kiran, Salim, Christabel -- the youthful protagonists are idealistic and enthusiastic, fighting for a brave new world. With the turbulence of partition and independence, the quiet rhythms of domesticity are brutally disrupted. New animosities replace old loyalties, and the merry "Gang" of Lucknow is torn apart as the old order begins to fragment.

A Novel

My Temples, Too

Ship of Sorrows

Ruvim Fraerman

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The Stories In This Anthology Depict A Series Of Betrayals-Historical, Political, Personal-And How Women Struggle To Come To Terms With Them. A Classic.

A Short Story and Two Novellas

A Season of Betrayals

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Āg kā daryā

Gardish-i rang-i caman

A Collection Of The Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Short Stories By Qurratulain Hyder, One Of The Most Celebrated And Accomplished Contemporary Writers Of Urdu Fiction.She Received The Sahitya Akademi Award In 1968 For The Collection Of Her Stories Titled Patjhar Ki Awaz, Urdu.

Award-winning Urdu Short Stories

The Sound of Falling Leaves

Ambitious, subtle and intricately structured, Fireflies spans nearly four decades of East Bengal`s history , from the dawn of nationalism to the restless aftermath of the bloody struggle for an independent Bangladesh. At the heart of this many-centred novel is Deepali Sarkar, a young Hindu attracted to the extreme left wing of the nationalist movement, and Rehan Ahmed, a Muslim radical of Marxist inclinations who introduces her to the life of the rural deprived. Their common political engagement draws them into a quietly doomed love affair. Through their relationship, Hyder explores the growth of tension between Bengal s Hindus and Muslims who had once shared a culture and a history. History, says Hyder, is another name for humanity s inability to learn its lesson. Lit by the flare of Hyder s prose, history is captured in the glow of the firefly s wing, unfolding in the lives of her characters as they try to come to terms with their own and Bengal`s shifting fortunes.

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