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- English
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About this book
This book is a comprehensive volume on the life and works of Joginder Paul, a well-known Urdu fiction writer and thinker. It presents a selection from the writer's oeuvre – a few of his short stories, extracts from his long fiction, samples of his micro-fiction, personal reminiscences, and some of his incisive critical essays written in Urdu as well as in English that lay out his ideas on the role of the writer and the art of writing. The volume also contextualises his work within the Urdu literary tradition and beyond through some critical essays on him from across time and geography. It situates Paul as a notable fiction writer and an essayist who broke convention in his writing and crafted his own individual style. It shows how he was received in Urdu while also placing him as an important creative voice within a larger pan-Indian literary context.
The book also focuses on Paul's efforts to effect a change in how fiction should be perceived, particularly by his readers who he considered the most important ally-participant in his effort to create stories. This volume will help to evolve a deeper understanding of the thematic subtleties in his fiction, as well as the critical perspectives he offers in his non-fiction.
Part of the Writer in Context series, this book will be indispensable to scholars and researchers in literature, history, sociology, language and creative writing, Partition studies, translation studies, Indian writings, Urdu literature, postcolonial studies, and South Asian Studies.
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Index
- A
- “Aage Peechhe” 100–1, 122
- Aag Ka Darya (River of Fire) 8, 126
- “Aah Bekas” 75
- Abbas, Ghulam 53, 65
- Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad 4, 169
- Abid, Firoz 219
- abstraction 5, 11, 56, 125, 164–5, 181
- Adeeb, Mirza 255–8
- aesthetic: appeal 234; sensibility 99
- Africa 168, 246; independence of 200; life in 3 116, 200, 163, 263; stories 166–7
- Africans 140, 207, 214, 246
- afsana 123, 135–6, 188
- afsanche, or flash/micro fiction 12–13, 135–41, 156–7, 174–5, 179–80, 183–4, 267–8, 270, see also flash fiction
- “Afsane ki Baat” 128, 130–1
- Agha, Wazir 14, 77–83, 88, 90, 147, 152, 217, 221, 267
- “Aghaz-o-Anjaam” 261
- Ahmed, Shakeel 220
- “Ai Malik” 101
- Alam, Siddique 219, 221
- Ali, Ahmed 229
- Allahabad 236, 241
- All India Progressive Writers’ Association 3
- Alvi, Mohammad 221
- Amad-o-raft (The Story of India) 94, 170, 184, 267
- Ambala 2, 199,...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Photographs
- Preface to the Series
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- SECTION I Imaging Universes: Fiction by Joginder Paul
- a. Traversing Creative Universes: Selected Short Stories
- b. Of Roots and Memories: Extracts from Novels and Novellas
- c. A Flock of Birds: Selected Afsanche or Flash Fiction
- SECTION II The Cartography of Creativity, On Being a Writer: Essays by Joginder Paul
- a. On the Art of Fiction Writing: Essays in Urdu by Joginder Paul
- b. On Fiction and Fellowship: Essay in English by Joginder Paul
- c. The Writer on Other Writers: Essays in Urdu by Joginder Paul
- SECTION III Mapping Creativity: Critical Perspectives on Joginder Paul as a Writer
- a. The Art of Joginder Paul: Essays
- b. Perspectives from Afar: Essays
- SECTION IV A Creative Consciousness Par Excellence: Conversations and Dialogues
- a. Art in Every Fibre of his Being: A Conversation with Joginder Paul
- b. On the Wordsmith: Conversations on Joginder Paul
- SECTION V Navigating the Self: Scripting the Life of a Writer
- a. The Restless Seeker: A Personal Perspective
- b. The Storyteller’s Journey: About Joginder Paul
- SECTION VI From the Translators: Presenting Joginder Paul to his Readers
- SECTION VII From the Archives: Documenting Joginder Paul
- SECTION VIII The Logs of a Life
- Joginder Paul: A Detailed Bibliography
- List of Contributors
- Index