Grieving for Pigeons: Twelve Stories of Lahore - Couverture souple

Ahmad, Zubair

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1771994312 ISBN 13 : 9781771994316

Editeur : AU Press, 2024

Synopsis

An English translation of a collection of short stories that represents everyday life in the Punjab.

In this poignant and meditative collection of short stories, Zubair Ahmad captures the lives and experiences of the people of the Punjab, a region divided between India and Pakistan. In an intimate narrative style, Ahmad writes a world that hovers between memory and imagination, home and abroad. The narrator follows the pull of his subconscious, shifting between past and present, recalling different eras of Lahore's neighborhoods and communities. These stories evoke the complex realities of post-colonial Pakistani Punjab. The contradictions and betrayals of this region's history reverberate through the stories, evident in the characters, their circumstances, and sometimes their erasure. Skillfully translated from Punjabi by Anne Murphy, this collection is an essential contribution to the wider recognition of the Punjabi language and its literature.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Zubair Ahmad is the author of two poetry collections, three short story collections, a translation, and a collection of essays, all written in Punjabi. He lives in Lahore, Pakistan.

Anne Murphy is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia. Grieving for Pigeons is her first book-length translation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AU Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1771994312
• ISBN 13: 9781771994316
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible