The twenty-five stories in The Greatest Hindi Stories Ever Told represent the finest short fiction in Hindi literature. Selected and translated by editor, writer, and translator Poonam Saxena, and ranging from early literary masters of the form such as Premchand, Chandradhar Sharma Guleri, BhishamSahni, HarishankarParsai, Mannu Bhandari, and Shivani to contemporary greats such as AsgharWajahat, Uday Prakash, Sara Rai, and others, the collection has stories of darkness, hope, triumph, anger, and irony. In Premchands The Thakurs Well, low-caste Gangi struggles to find drinking water for her ill husband; in The Times Have Changed by Krishna Sobti, the matriarch Shahni bids a heart-breaking farewell to her village during Partition; Krishna BaldevVaids Escape is a telling story about womens yearning for freedom; Yashpals Phoolos Kurta is a sharp commentary on child marriage and notions of female modesty; in BhishamSahnis A Feast for the Boss and Usha Priyamvadas The Homecoming, ageing parents find themselves tragically out of sync with their family; Amarkants City of Death looks at the fragile thread that holds together communal peace; PhanishwarnathRenus The Third Vow features the lovable bullock-cart driver Hiraman; Bhagwaticharan Varmas Atonement and HarishankarParsais The Soul of Bholaram are scathing satires; and Tirich by contemporary writer Uday Prakash is a surreal tale—these and other stories in the collection are compelling, evocative, and showcase an unforgettable range of brilliant styles, forms, and themes. Chandradhar Sharma Guleri Premchand Bhagwaticharan Verma Yashpal Agyeya BhishamSahni PhanishwarnathRenu HarishankarParsai Amarkant Krishna Sobti Krishna BaldevVaid Rajendra Yadav Mohan Rakesh Kamleshwar Usha Priyamvada Mannu Bhandari Kamtanath Shivani Doodhnath Singh Omprakash Valmiki Shaani Shekhar Joshi AsgharWajahat Uday Prakash Sara Rai
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499 kg |
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Delivery by :31-Jan-2025| ₹44910 | |
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