The Quilt and Other Stories by Ismat Chughtai

The Quilt and Other Stories

Ismat Chughtai with Syeda S. Hameed (Translator), Tahira Naqvi (Translator)

176 pages paperback 1994

6 editions

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In 1944 Ismat Chughtai successfully defended herself before the Imperial Crown Court against a charge of obscenity for her short story Lihaaf - The Quilt. The narrator of this story, a precocious nine-year old child, is sent to visit an aunt. This...

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