BEYOND THE STARS & OTHER STORIES

Qurratulain Hyder

Translated by : Fatima Rizvi

9789385606366

Women Unlimited 2021

Language: English

207 Pages

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About the Book

Written while she was still in her late teens, Beyond the Stars (Sitaron se Aage) was Qurratulain Hyder’s earliest published anthology of stories, now available in English for the first time.


The 14 stories presented here offer a rare glimpse into the workings of a young writer’s imagination as she explores literary devices and techniques, and experiments with stream-of-consciousness, interior monologue, and multivocal narration. She can be playful and sardonic, deeply reflective or wistful, but never predictable. Her protagonists, a group of young college-going men and women in pre-Independence Lucknow, Mussoorie and Dehradun, know that enormous changes are imminent in their privileged lives, as WW II draws to a close and freedom from the British draws near. Hyder captures both the innocence and the piquancy of their situation in prose that was far ahead of its time. Beyond the Stars is steeped in modernity and stunningly original.

Qurratulain Hyder

Qurratulain Hyder is one of Urdu’s greatest fiction writers. Her published work consists of four collections of short stories, five novels and several novellas. She was a journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster with BBC, as well as Producer Emeritus, AIR, and copywriter for an advertising agency. Among her many awards and honours are the Padma Shri, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Bharatiya Jnanpith, and the Padma Bhushan.

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Fatima Rizvi

Fatima Rizvi is a Professor in the Department of English and Modern European Languages at the University of Lucknow. She has translated Qurratulain Hyder’s Beyond the Stars & Other Stories, and co-edited Understanding Disability: Interdisciplinary Critical Approaches.

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