A life in words : memoirs
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A life in words : memoirs
(Penguin modern classics)
Penguin Books, 2013, c2012
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Kaghazi Hai Pairahan
Kāg̲h̲zī hai pairahan
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Includes bibliographical references
"First published in Viking by Penguin Books India 2012. Published Penguin Books 2013" -- T.p. verso
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Description
A Life in Words, the first complete translation of Ismat Chughtais celebrated memoir Kaghazi hai Pairahan, provides a delightful account of several crucial years of her life. Alongside vivid descriptions of her childhood years are the conflicted experiences of growing up in a large Muslim family during the early decades of the twentieth century. Chughtai is searingly honest about her fight to get an education and the struggle to find her own voice as a writer. The result is a compellingly readable memoir by one of the most significant Urdu writers of all time.
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