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Truth tales : contemporary stories by women writers of India / edited by Kali for Women ; introduction by Meena Alexander.

Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Multiple languages Publication details: New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York : Distributed by Talman Co., 1990.Description: 179 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1558610111
  • 155861012X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 891/.4 20
LOC classification:
  • PK5461 .T78 1990
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Books Main Fiction room ALE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Not for loan 9780704342064
Books Main Fiction room KAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 9781873177824

"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.