The Colour of Nothingness Modern Urdu Short Stories

by Memon, Muhammed Umar

• ISBN13: 9780195778977
• ISBN10: 0195778979
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Complex, audacious and strongly individualistic, the stories in this selection underline the originality and power of the modern Urdu short story. The contributors to The Colour of Nothingness are among the finest writers produced by Pakistan and India.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Glossary
Sukhe Saawan	p. 1
The Man	p. 16
A Stranded Railroad Car	p. 25
Millipede	p. 37
The Rose	p. 47
Confessions of St. Flora of Georgia	p. 60
Artistic Finesse	p. 90
A Dream Story	p. 94
The Man Who Jumped Wells	p. 102
The Parasite	p. 109
Emancipation	p. 120
The Colour of Nothingness	p. 137
The Worm and the Sunflower	p. 151
The Vultures of the Parsi Cemetery	p. 169
Jippizan	p. 176
The Thaw	p. 182
The Bird	p. 194
Deep as the Ocean	p. 201
Biographical Notes	p. 223
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