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UNINA9910917173903321 |
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Autore |
Ahmad Zubair |
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Titolo |
Grieving for Pigeons : Twelve Stories of Lahore (Revised Edition) |
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Athabasca : , : Athabasca University Press, , 2023 |
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©2024 |
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ISBN |
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1-77199-432-0 |
1-77199-433-9 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (198 pages) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / General |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- GRIEVING for PIGEONS -- Bajwa Has Nothing More to Say Now -- Dead Man’s Float -- Pigeons, Ledges, and Streets -- He Has Left, and Won’t Be Back -- The Beak of the Green Parrot, Submerged in the River -- Sweater -- Unstory -- The Estranged City -- The Silence of Saints -- Half Maghar Moon -- The Wall of Water |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this poignant and meditative collection of short stories, Zubair Ahmad evokes the complex realities of post-colonial Pakistani Punjab. Skillfully translated from Punjabi by Anne Murphy, this collection is an essential contribution to the wider recognition of the Punjabi language and its literature. |
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