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  • Sin

    Stories by Wajida Tabassum

    by Wajida Tabassum ...
    Translated by Reema Abbasi ...
    A nymphomaniac nawab and his fiercely clever footman.The awakening of a servant-child's passion.A divorce fuelled by envy, illicit love and suppression.A noble set to transform the history of royal marriages.Set in Hyderabad's old-world aristocratic society of the 1950s, this stellar collection of stories resurrects and explores the work of Wajida Tabassum, one of the most prominent names in Urdu ... Read more

    $15.23 CAD

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  • Salt and Saffron

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  • Wisdom of the Idiots

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