The Light

The Light A History of the Movement for Progressive Literature in the Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent: A Translation of Roshnai

Hardback (03 Aug 2006) | English,Urdu

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Publisher's Synopsis

Sajjad Zaheer (1905-1973) was one of the main architects of the Progressive Movement in Literature in pre-Partition India. Light, his account of this movement, which transformed Urdu literature, contains many fascinating portraits of the leading writers of the time-Tagore, Premchand, and Faiz.

Book information

ISBN: 9780195471557
Publisher: OUP Pakistan
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 891.43871
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English,Urdu
Number of pages: 301
Weight: 563g
Height: 228mm
Width: 147mm
Spine width: 25mm