Heart lamp : selected stories /
Mushtaq, Banu,
Heart lamp : selected stories / Banu Mushtaq; translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi. - Gurugram, India : Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd., 2025. - 216 pages ; 21 cm
Translated from the Kannada.
In the twelve stories of 'Heart Lamp', Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India's most prestigious literary awards.
9780143464471
Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
2025350918
894.814371
Heart lamp : selected stories / Banu Mushtaq; translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi. - Gurugram, India : Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd., 2025. - 216 pages ; 21 cm
Translated from the Kannada.
In the twelve stories of 'Heart Lamp', Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India's most prestigious literary awards.
9780143464471
Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
2025350918
894.814371