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Ismat Chughtai
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4 Books -
First Book:
The Crooked Line (January 1943) -
Last Book:
A Life in Words (March 2013) -
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Books in Order: 4 titles
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A Life in Words
- Mar-2013
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A Life in Words, the first complete translation of Ismat Chughtai's celebrated memoir Kaghazi hai Pairahan, provides a delightful account of several crucial years of her life. Along side vivid descriptions of her childhood years are the conflicted ex...
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The Quilt and Other Stories
- Dec-1994
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In 1944 Ismat Chughtai successfully defended herself before the Imperial Crown Court against a charge of obscenity for her short story "Lihaaf" - "The Quilt." The narrator of this story, a precocious nine-year old child, is sent to visit an aunt. Thi...
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The Crooked Line
- 1943
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A young Indian woman searches for her own identity as her country fights for independence in this novel from the award-winning Urdu Indian author. The Crooked Line is the story of Shamman, a spirited young woman who rebels against th...