Grieving for Pigeons Twelve Stories of Lahore

In this poignant and meditative collection of short stories, Zubair Ahmad captures the lives and experiences of the people of the Punjab, a region divided between India and Pakistan. In an intimate narrative style, Ahmad writes a world that hovers between memory and imagination, home and abroad. The...

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Main Author: Ahmad, Zubair (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Canada Athabasca University Press 2022
Series:Mingling Voices
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