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Pahla Gunaah: (The first Sin, Short Stories)

by Tauseef Chughtai

Short stories on life in a fractured society

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Short stories on life in a fractured society

Pahla Gunaah is a collection of short stories by Tauseef Chughtai, presented as literature concerned with the life of ordinary people amid social fragmentation and an oppressive system. The accompanying description places the collection in the Urdu short-story tradition and frames its stories as offering insight into different aspects of life. Together, those details give the book a socially grounded focus, with attention to literature’s relationship to everyday experience.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Urdu short-story collections
  • Readers exploring Pakistani literature
  • Readers drawn to fiction concerned with ordinary life and social conditions

Themes

Urdu short fictionEveryday lifeSocial fragmentationOppressive systemsLiterature and society

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Book overview

The short-story, is one of the most important literary subgenres in Urdu literature, despite its relative youth. This was influenced by western and literary concepts and tendencies, as well as the contemporary industrial and mechanized environment. The literature that can help to provide permanent comfort and peace to the life of a common man breathing in a fragmented society and an oppressive system is undoubtedly 'Literature for Life'. This book "Pahla Gunaah (The first Sin)" is a collection of short stories written by renown writer Tauseef Chughtai.

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ایک منتشر معاشرہ اور جابرانہ نظام میں سانس لیتے عام آدمی کی زندگی کو مستقل طور پر آرام اور سکون فراہم کرنے کے لیے جو ادب معاون ثابت ہو سکتا ہے وہ بلاشبہ 'ادب برائے زندگی' ہی ہے۔ یہ کتاب "پہلا گناہ" ممتاز افسانہ نگار توصیف چغتائی کے منتخب افسانوں کا ایک ایسا مجموعہ ہے جو ایک معنوں میں زندگی کے مختلف پہلوؤں سے قارئین کو آگاہی فراہم کرتا ہے۔

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