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Truth tales : contemporary stories by women writers of India / edited by Kali for Women ; introduction by Meena Alexander. - New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York : Distributed by Talman Co., 1990. - 179 p. ; 22 cm.

"First published in India in 1986"--P. [4] of cover. Short stories, six of them translated from Indian languages.

The wet nurse / Mahasveta Devi -- Smoke / Ila Mehta -- The dolls / Suniti Aphale -- Tragedy, in a minor key / Mrinal Pande -- Muniyakka / Lakshmi Kannan -- Tiny's granny / Ismat Chughtai -- Midnight soldiers / Vishwapriya Iyengar.

ISBN: 1558610111 (hdbk) 155861012X (pbk)

LCCN: 89078155

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Short stories, Indic--Translations into English.
Women--Social life and customs--India--Fiction.
Indic fiction--Women authors.
Indic fiction--20th century.

LC Class. No.: PK5461 / .T78 1990

Dewey Class. No.: 891/.4