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The Resource India : a traveler's literary companion, edited by Chandrahas Choudhury ; foreword by Anita Desai

India : a traveler's literary companion, edited by Chandrahas Choudhury ; foreword by Anita Desai

Label
India : a traveler's literary companion
Title
India
Title remainder
a traveler's literary companion
Statement of responsibility
edited by Chandrahas Choudhury ; foreword by Anita Desai
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • mul
  • eng
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
809.3/935854
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR9497.32
LC item number
.I49 2010
Literary form
fiction
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Choudhury, Chandrahas
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  • India
  • Short stories, India
  • India
  • India
Label
India : a traveler's literary companion, edited by Chandrahas Choudhury ; foreword by Anita Desai
Instantiates
Publication
Note
About half the stories here were written in English, and the other half are translations, each from a different Indian language
Contents
Foreword / Anita Desai -- Preface -- North: Kasmhir: Salman Rushdie, The hair of the prophet; Delhi: Qurratulain Hyder, The sound of falling leaves; Agra: Kunal Basu, The accountant -- Northeast: Assam: Jahnavi Barua, The magic spell; Arunachal Pradesh: Mamang Dai, The scent of orange blossom -- East: Bihar: Phanishwarnath Renu, Panchlight; Kolkata: Bibhutibhushan Bandhopadhyay, Canvasser Krishnanlal; Orissa: Fakir Mohan Senapati, Asura Pond -- West: Gujarat: Nazir Mansuri, The whale; Mumbai: Vikram Chandra, Ganesh Gaitonde sells his gold; Goa: Anjum Hasan, Eye in the sky -- South: Karnataka: Jayant Kaikini, Dots and lines; Kerala: Lalithambika Antherjanam, In the moonlight; Tamil Nadu: Githa Hariharan, Halfway animals
Control code
cpl01016475
Isbn
9781883513245
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2010014338
System control number
(OCoLC)466334789
Label
India : a traveler's literary companion, edited by Chandrahas Choudhury ; foreword by Anita Desai
Publication
Note
About half the stories here were written in English, and the other half are translations, each from a different Indian language
Contents
Foreword / Anita Desai -- Preface -- North: Kasmhir: Salman Rushdie, The hair of the prophet; Delhi: Qurratulain Hyder, The sound of falling leaves; Agra: Kunal Basu, The accountant -- Northeast: Assam: Jahnavi Barua, The magic spell; Arunachal Pradesh: Mamang Dai, The scent of orange blossom -- East: Bihar: Phanishwarnath Renu, Panchlight; Kolkata: Bibhutibhushan Bandhopadhyay, Canvasser Krishnanlal; Orissa: Fakir Mohan Senapati, Asura Pond -- West: Gujarat: Nazir Mansuri, The whale; Mumbai: Vikram Chandra, Ganesh Gaitonde sells his gold; Goa: Anjum Hasan, Eye in the sky -- South: Karnataka: Jayant Kaikini, Dots and lines; Kerala: Lalithambika Antherjanam, In the moonlight; Tamil Nadu: Githa Hariharan, Halfway animals
Control code
cpl01016475
Isbn
9781883513245
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2010014338
System control number
(OCoLC)466334789

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