This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.Twenty classic short stories from master writers across the country This superb collection contains some of the best Indian short stories written in the last fifty years both in English and in the regional languages. Some of these stories -We Have Arrived in Amritsar' by Bhisham SahniCompanions' by Raja RaoThe Sky and the Cat' by U.R. Anantha MurthyA Devoted Son' by Anita Desai - have been widely anthologized and are well known. Others like Premendra Mitra'sThe Discovery of Telenapota' Gangadhar Gadgil'sThe Dog that Ran in Circles' Mowni'sA Loss of Identity' O.V. Vijayan'sThe Wart' and Devanuru Mahadeva'sAmasa' are less familiar to readers but are nevertheless classics of the art of the short story. This new and revised edition includes three additional classics R.K. Narayan'sAnother Community' Avinash Dolas'sThe Victim' and Ismat Chughtai'sThe Wedding Shroud'. The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories is a marvellous and entertaining introduction to the rich diversity of pleasures that the Indian short story-a form that has produced masters in over a dozen languages-can offer.NA
