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A Divided Legacy: The Partition in Selected Novels of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh [Hardcover]

Niaz Zaman (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: August 9, 2001

This is the first book to analyze partition novels in three major languages of the subcontinent: English, Bangali and Urdu. The book is thus an important addition to the numerous writings that have appeared in recent years on an event that not only created two nation states but also affected the psyche of a newly divided people.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 358 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 9, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195795350
ISBN-13: 978-0195795356
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,820,076 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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On August 14, 1947 Pakistan came into being as a new and independent country. Read the first page

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Shah Nawaz, Muslim League, East Pakistan, Charu Babu, Kanshi Ram, Abu Rushd, Sohne Shah, Hayat Khan, Khushwant Singh, Mahbub Ilahi, Abul Fazl, Dost Mohammad, West Bengal, Divided Legacy, Mano Majra, Anek Suryer Asha, Qurratulain Hyder, Felu Mian, Ranga Prabhat, Bapsi Sidhwa, Juggat Singh, Raja Rao, Salman Rushdie, Sham Pur, New Delhi

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Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh on 16 pages
Fireflies in the Mist by Qurratulain Hyder on 13 pages
The Shadow Lines: A Novel by Amitav Ghosh on 10 pages
Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai on 9 pages
Bend in the Ganges by Monohar Malgonkar on 8 pages

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2 books cite this book:

The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947: Contour of Freedom (Routledgecurzon Studies in South Asia) by Bidyut Chakrabarty on page 231
Colonial and Postcolonial Literature by Elleke Boehmer in Back Matter

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