Belles-lettres : writings of Hijab Imtiaz Ali /
This work is a translation of Hijab Imtiaz Ali's work 'Adab-e-Zareen' (1936) that contains 47 pieces of short writings that, although Ali herself categorized as short stories, are more in the nature of prose-poems that dwell on metaphysical themes of life, death and the nature of exis...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Summary: | This work is a translation of Hijab Imtiaz Ali's work 'Adab-e-Zareen' (1936) that contains 47 pieces of short writings that, although Ali herself categorized as short stories, are more in the nature of prose-poems that dwell on metaphysical themes of life, death and the nature of existence. The pieces in the work are interlinked through similar strands like an exaltation of nature, a strong sense of time and a Muslim woman writer's delineations on the act of writing, the need for isolation and solace. The non-linear, fragmentary form of this work is very different from what Ali's contemporaries were writing and suggests that she was at the forefront of Urdu modernist literature. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 111 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780190132644 0190132647 |