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| Fireflies
in the Mist
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once in a while comes a book that is a
crossover from one form of writing to another,
or a combination of different forms. The
late Qurratulain Hyder's
Fireflies in the Mist is made up of
well-researched prose and a riveting narrative
technique interspersed with poetic lines of
infinite beauty. The dark years of Indian
history, from the uprising of 1857 and Partion
in 1947 to the changing face of Pakistan in
the early 1970s, have been dealt with in a
manner that touches the reader deeply, yet,
without sentimentality. |
| —- Indian
Express, , June
2008 |
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Her words have a cutting edge that was rare
even among the literary community she graces
for many a decade. She was many a things to
many people in the Urdu world, but principally,
she was a woman who carried on the good,
even intrepid things, started by the likes
of Manto…Often in translation, the soul is
lost, even as the gist is retained. This
time, the readers are saved that agony
because it comes from the author herself.
Annie Apa, as Aamer Hussein says in the
introduction, wrote, and how! Others could
write. Who likh sakte hain. Annie Apa, named
after an Iranian poet, wrote.
'Who likhti thi'. |
| —- The Hindu
May 2008
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