COLLECTED STORIES

Naiyer Masud

Translated by Muhammad Umar Memon

A malfunctioning weathervane forces the wind to realign itself. A collector travels all over the world tracking down tools used in crimes against corpses. A gardener frets over the consequences of stealing the Nawab of Lucknow’s prized mynah bird. These densely woven short stories combine precise descriptions with accounts of inexplicable phenomena. Translated by the acclaimed Urdu scholar Muhammad Umar Memon, this edition collects all thirty-five of Masud’s stories for the first time.

Penguin Books India, 696 pages, Rs 899