River of Fire
₹445.00
Author: Qurratulain Hyder
9789385606007 | PB | pp. 448 | 2019 | Women Unlimited
River of fire is considered one of the classics of Urdu literature.This novel offers a broad sweep of Indian history, covering literally thousands of years. Characters reappear in different guises but with the same names in episodes from different times.
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The most important novel of twentieth-century Urdu fiction, Qurratulain Hyder’s River of Fire encompasses the fates of four recurring characters over two and a half millennia. These characters become crisscrossed and strangely inseparable over different eras, forming and reforming their relationships in romance and war, in possession and dispossession. River of Fire interweaves parables, legends, dreams, diaries, and letters, forming a rich tapestry of history and human emotions and redefining Indian identity. But above all, it’s a unique pleasure to read Hyder’s singular prose style: “Lyrical and witty, occasionally idiosyncratic, it is always alluring and allusive: Flora Annie Steel and E. M. Forster encounter classical Urdu poets; Eliot and Virginia Woolf meet Faiz Ahmed Faiz” (The Times Literary Supplement).
Additional information
| Author: | Qurratulain Hyder |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9789385606007 |
| Publisher: | Women Unlimited |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 448 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Edition: | First |
| Condition: | New |
| Country of Origin: | India |
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