ISBN 9788194735304|Hardback|336 pages|2020|Aleph Book Company
The Greatest Hindi Stories Ever Told is an anthology translated into English featuring authors ranging from the early masters like Premchand to modern greats.
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The Greatest Hindi Stories Ever Told is a anthology of twenty five stories representing the finest short fiction in Hindi literature.
This collection of compelling and evocative stories, selected and translated by Poonam Saxena, showcase an unforgettable range of brilliant styles, forms, and themes.
This collection features stories from early literary masters of the form such as Premchand, Chandradhar Sharma Guleri, Bhisham Sahni, Harishankar Parsai, Mannu Bhandari, and Shivani to contemporary greats such as Asghar Wajahat, Uday Prakash, Sara Rai, and others.
The translator and compiler is a journalist, writer, and translator. She worked with the Hindustan Times for several years, first as editor of Brunch and then of the weekend section. She has translated Dharamvir Bharati’s Gunahonka Devta from Hindi to English (Chander&Sudha), Rahi Masoom Raza’s Scene: 75, and co-authored filmmaker Karan Johar’s memoir, An Unsuitable Boy. She lives in Delhi.
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