The Quilt and Other Stories by Ismat Chughtai

The Quilt and Other Stories

Ismat Chughtai with Syeda S. Hameed (Translator), Tahira Naqvi (Translator)

176 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
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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. This...

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