Lifting the Veil - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0143066455 ISBN 13 : 9780143066453

Editeur : Penguin Modern Classics, 2009

Synopsis

At a time when writing by and about women was rare and tentative, Chughtai explored female sexuality with unparalleled frankness and examined the political and social mores of her time. She wrote about the world that she knew, bringing the idiom of the middle class to Urdu prose, and totally transformed the complexion of Urdu fiction. Lifting the Veil brings together Ismat Chughtai s fiction and non-fiction writing. The twenty-one pieces in this selection are Chughtai at her best, marked by her brilliant turn of phrase, scintillating dialogue and wry humour, her characteristic irreverence, wit and eye for detail.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ismat Chughtai (191191) was Urdus most courageous and controversial woman writer in the twentieth century. She carved a niche for herself among her contemporaries of Urdu fiction writersRajinder Singh Bedi, Saadat Hasan Manto and Krishan Chanderby introducing areas of experience not explored before. Her work not only transformed the complexion of Urdu fiction, it brought about an attitudinal change in the assessment of literary works. Although a spirited member of the Progressive Writers Movement in India, she spoke vehemently against its orthodoxy and inflexibility. Often perceived of as a feminist writer, Chughtai explored female sexuality while also exploring other dimensions of social and existential reality

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Modern Classics
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0143066455
• ISBN 13: 9780143066453
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Chughtai Ismat, Asaduddin M.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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