Selected Short Stories from Pakistan: Urdu [Paperback]

Ahmed Ali (Author)

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Publication Date: February 15, 1990

This groundbreaking collection presents fourteen short stories written by Pakistan's leading Urdu writers. Reflecting a wide variety of narrative styles and concerns, the stories are a perfect introduction to a relatively new but increasingly interesting national literature.

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Professor Ahmed Ali is a distinguished scholar in his native Pakistan. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 15, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195208285
• ISBN-13: 978-0195208283
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,217,169 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Primer, July 29, 2009

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This review is from: Life in the Javanese Kraton (Images of Asia) (Hardcover)

Copies of this book can be found for much less than what other sellers are offering on this website.
This is part of a series of small handbooks issued by OUP to guide readers on Asian culture. Comprising an introductory text supported by numerous illustrations, this is a great primer to the largely unknown and secluded world of the Javanese court (kraton).

It covers some historical background to the founding of these courts during and after the Mataram Dynasty, and the significance of maintaining that secluded integrity in the face of Dutch colonialism followed by upheavals during the Japanese Occupation and Indonesian Independence. That serene and dignified royal facade is carried throughout in mainly the rituals and performance arts, chiefly in dance, drama and music.

The book gives some basic background in the gamelan music, the various dance forms such as Bedhaya and Serimpi, the various performances such as Wayang Wong and Wayang Kulit, and touches on the hidden nuances and subtleties in these activities.