Tag: fiction
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Maya Nagari Bombay-Mumbai – A City in Stories: An Excerpt
Maya Nagari Bombay-Mumbai is anthology of short stories about India’s maximum city. Edited by Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto, there are 21 stories in the book, from a list of authors that includes Baburao Bagul, Ismat Chughtai, Pu La Deshpande, Urmila Pawar, Mohan Rakesh, Saadat Hasan Manto, Ambai, Jayant Kaikini, Bhupen Khakhar, Cyrus Mistry, Vilas…
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Great Japanese Short Stories: An Excerpt
We have a bit of an obsession with all things Japanese, here at BooksFirst. And that includes works of fiction as well as non-fiction from Japanese authors, translated into English of course since we can’t, unfortunately, read Japanese. Which brings us to this new book, Great Japanese Short Stories, published recently by Rupa Publications. Compiled…
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Contemporary Urdu Short Stories from Kolkata: An Excerpt
The name says it all; Contemporary Urdu Short Stories from Kolkata is an anthology of stories from writers like Sayeed Premi, Firoz Abid, Anis Rafi, Siddique Alam, Mahmoud Yasien, Shahira Masroor, Anisun Nabi and Reyaz Danish. The stories, originally written in Urdu, have been translated into English by Shams Afif Siddiqi, a former associate professor…
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Book Review: Common Yet Uncommon
We rarely feature fiction here on BooksFirst but had to make an exception for Sudha Murty’s Common Yet Uncommon: 14 Memorable Stories from Daily Life. Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee, Murty needs no introduction. In addition to her work as chairperson of the Infosys Foundation, she is a prolific author and has written books…