Heart lamp selected stories
Twelve short stories about the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in Southern India, inspired by the author's years as a journalist and lawyer who championed women's rights and protested caste and religious oppression.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Kannada |
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Sheffield :
And Other Stories,
2025.
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| Edition: | [Trade paperback edition]. |
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| Summary: | Twelve short stories about the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in Southern India, inspired by the author's years as a journalist and lawyer who championed women's rights and protested caste and religious oppression. |
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| Item Description: | "'Stone slabs for Shaista Mahal', 'Fire rain', 'Black cobras', 'A decision of the heart', 'Red lungi', 'Heart lamp', 'High-heeled shoe', 'Be a woman once, oh lord!', 'Soft whispers', and 'A taste of heaven' first published in book form in Kannada in Haseena Mathu Ithara Kathegalu (Abhiruchi Prakashana, 2013)" -- title page verso. "'The shroud' and 'The Arabic teacher and gobi manchuri' first published in book form in Kannada in Hennu Haddina Swayamvara (Abhiruchi Prakashana, 2023)" -- title page verso. "Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023" -- inside front cover flap. |
| Physical Description: | 215 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781916751163 1916751164 |
| Author Notes: | Banu Mushtaq is a writer, activist and lawyer in the state of Karnataka, southern India. Mushtaq began writing within the progressive protest literary circles in southwestern India in the 1970s and 1980s: critical of the caste and class system, the Bandaya Sahitya movement gave rise to influential Dalit and Muslim writers, of whom Mushtaq was one of the few women. She is the author of six short story collections, a novel, an essay collection and a poetry collection. She writes in Kannada and has won major awards for her literary works, including the Karnataka Sahitya Academy and the Daana Chintamani Attimabbe awards. Previously translated into Urdu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam, the first book-length translation of her work into English is Heart Lamp: Selected Stories , which won the 2025 International Booker Prize. 'Red Lungi', a story from Heart Lamp , has been published in the Paris Review. Deepa Bhasthi is a writer and literary translator based in Kodagu, southern India. She translates from Kannada and also publishes essays and cultural criticism. |
