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Truth Tales: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India
by Kalpakian, Laura (Kali for Women, editor); Meena Alexander (intro by)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/No dust jacket, as issued
- ISBN 10
- 1558610111
- ISBN 13
- 9781558610118
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New York: The Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 1990. NOT a library discard. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. NO creases. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp. NOT a library discard. Bound in the original rust color cloth, stamped in black. From the publisher: "The rich popular tradition of India's women writers is finally available in this collection of short stories translated from seven of the country's languages. The writers and their heroines reflect the complex mosaic of Indian life - they are old and young, rural and urban, rich and poor. Here we meet Muniyakka, called walkie-talkie because she mutters to herself; Shakun, the dollmaker, an exploited artist who needs to feel that others depend on her; and Jashoda, professional mother to children of the rich, from Mahasveta Devi's acknowledged masterpiece THE WET NURSE. These stories 'are dense with those customs, manners, and objects that usually remain locked within regional languages,' wrote Anita Desai in the New York Review of Books. Meena Alexander's thoughtful introduction places the stories and the writers in the context of modern India." . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. New/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 184pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Title
- Truth Tales: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India
- Author
- Kalpakian, Laura (Kali for Women, editor); Meena Alexander (intro by)
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket, as issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 1558610111
- ISBN 13
- 9781558610118
- Publisher
- The Feminist Press at The City University of New York
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 184pp
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