In the tradition of such beloved classics as "The Thousand and One Nights and the Persian Shahnameh," here is the first unabridged English translation of a major Indo-Persian epic, "The Adventures of Amir Hamza "(Dastan-e Amir Hamza)-a panoramic tale of magic and passion, and a classic hero's odyssey that has captivated much of the world. This ...
Long ago ants only cared about fashion and dancing. Stylish shoes--the link between the two--became their biggest obsession. When the ants' only cobbler leaves town, the ants find themselves in trouble. This witty tale of change is gracefully matched with chic art depicting high-fashion in ant-sized form. Full color.
The world's first and longest magical fantasy HOSHRUBA was compiled in the Urdu language by two of its greatest prose writers. Spread over eight thousand pages, it reached the summits of popularity and acclaim never attained by any other epic in the history of Urdu literature. But the richness of its language and its length deterred translations ...
The sleepy Indian town of Purana Shehr trundles along in a round of petty arguments over tea and frustrated fantasies. Until, that is, the arrival of the termites. As the pests set to with their pincers, Purana Shehr flounders in Shakespearian farce in the heat of post-monsoon India.
""One day when she looked at the portrait, she considered how blessed she had been in life. She contemplated her good fortune in finding an upright man like Akbar Ahmad as her life partner and felt grateful for his bounteous legacy, which released her from all financial cares. Akbar Ahmad looked back at her, his face cast in an expression of long ...
Purana Shehr is a small town with a celebrated madhouse, tea-house type Chhalawa Hotel and laid-back lifestyle. It is shaken out of its opiate mood when a termite epidemic almost brings life to a standstill. The people of Topee Mohalla, a part of Purana Shehr, exhaust themselves in their efforts to end the termite onslaught. As the termites eat ...
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