Truth Tales

Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India

Author: Kali for Women (Organization)
ISBN: 1558610111

   The rich popular tradition of India's women writers is finally available in this collection of short stories translated from seven of the country's languages. The writers and their heroines reflect the complex mosaic of Indian life-they are old and young, rural and urban, rich and poor. Here we meet Muniyakka, called "walkie-talkie" because she mutters to herself; Shakun, the dollmaker, an exploited artist who needs to feel that others depend on her; and Jashoda, professional mother to children of the rich, from Mahasveta Devi's acknowledged masterpiece "The Wet Nurse." These stories "are dense with thsoe customs, manners, and objects that usually remain locked within regional languages," wrote Anita Desai in the New York Review of  Books. Meena Alexander's thoughtful introduction places the stories and the writers in the context of modern India.

Publisher: Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Publish Date: 1990

Subjects: Fiction / General, Literary Collections / Asian / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Anthologies)