Puffin Treasury of Modern Indian Stories [Hardcover] by Mala Dayal (Editor)
Hardcover: 194 pages Publisher: Viking (India); 1St Edition edition (January 1, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0670049476 ISBN-13: 978-0670049479 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.7 x 10 inches Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
The puffin treasury of modern indian stories is a unique collection of stories and excerpts written by master storytellers it represents for the first time the richness and range of writing for children in india during the twentieth century from ruskin bond's humorous 'snake trouble' and vikram seth's animal fable in verse the elephant and the tragopan', to salman rushdie's fantasy haroun and the sea of stories' and satyajit ray's gripping tale the hungry septopus', this anthology has a vibrant mix of styles and forms with spectacular illustrations by a host of the most talented artists working today, this anthology will delight both children and adults contributors include: paro anand margaret bhatty pankaj bisht ruskin bond anita desai shashi deshpande shama futehally mala marwah arvind krishan mehrotra dhan gopal mukerji meenakshi mukherjee rk narayan premchand sara rai shanta rameshwar rao hemangini ranade satyajit ray salman rushdie bhisham sahni poile sengupta subhadra sen gupta vikram seth khushwant singh kalpana swaminathan
About the Author Mala Dayal graduated from Cambridge and has been involved with developing, selecting and editing material for children for the last 30 years.
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