Title Truth tales : contemporary stories by women writers of India / edited by Kali for Women ; introduction by Meena Alexander

Published New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York : Distributed by Talman Co., 1990

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Description 179 pages ; 22 cm Contents Introduction / Meena Alexander -- The Wet Nurse / Mahasveta Devi (Bengali) -- Smoke / Ila Mehta (Gujarati) -- The Dolls / Suniti Aphale (Marathi) -- Tragedy, in a Minor Key / Mrinal Pande (Hindi) -- Muniyakka / Lakshmi Kannan (Tamil) -- Tiny's Granny / Ismat Chughtai (Urdu) -- Midnight Soldiers / Vishwapriya Iyengar (English) Notes "First published in India in 1986"--P. [4] of cover Short stories, six of them translated from Indian languages Subject Indic fiction -- Women authors. Indic fiction -- 20th century. Short stories, Indic -- Translations into English. Short stories, Indic -- Women authors. Women -- India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. Genre/Form Fiction. Author Kali for Women (Organization) LC no. 89078155 ISBN 1558610111 (alk. paper) 155861012X (paperback: alk. paper)

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