Umrao Jan Ada

By Mirza Hadi Ruswa

Umrao Jan Ada

By Mirza Hadi Ruswa

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Specifications

Print Length

208 pages

Language

English

Publisher

Rupa Publications Co.

Publication date

1 January 1996

ISBN

9788171673117

Weight

0.44 pound

Description

Umrao Jan Ada, published more than a hundred years ago, was the first true novel in Urdu. It tells the story of a Lucknawi as a brilliant poet and singer. Documented by a close friend and supposedly dictated by Umrao Jan, the novel weaves the courtesan s story with interspersions of poetry, exploration of social dynamics, and the author s radical subtext with regard to patriarchal double standards.


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