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Story Is a Vagabond

Selected Essays, Fiction, and Drama

Story Is a Vagabond( )
Author: Husain, Intizar
Editor: Stewart, Frank
Farrukhi, Asif
Zaidi, Nishat
Bhalla, Alok
Series title:Mānoa: a Pacific Journal of International Writing Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8248-5647-2
Publication Date:Oct 2015
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $20.00
Book Description:

One of Pakistan's most distinguished writers, Intizar Husain was born in India in 1923 and immigrated to Pakistan during the Partition. An internationally acclaimed writer, critic, and translator, he has published seven volumes of short stories, four novels, and a novella, as well as travelogues, memoirs, and critical essays. Despite his importance to world literature for over six decades, Husain's writing is little known in English translation. Story Is a Vagabond is the...
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Book Details
Pages:280
Detailed Subjects: Literary Collections / Asian / Indic
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 Inches
Book Weight:1.2 Pounds
Author Biography
Husain, Intizar (Author)
Intizar Husain was born in Dibdai, Bulandshahr, India on December 7, 1923. He received Master's degrees in Urdu and English literature. He worked as a columnist for several different newspapers including Imroze, Mashriq, and Dawn. He has written five novels and seven collections of short stories, many which were translated into English. His works include Basti, Naya Gar (The New House), and A Chronicle of the Peacocks: Stories of Partition, Exile and Lost Memories. He received numerous awards from the governments of Pakistan, India, and UAE. He was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013. He died of cardiac failure on February 2, 2016 at the age of 92.

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