Admirable intention, laid to waste courtesy some appalling translation
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Reads well in translation but those who’ve read the original will miss the typical colloquialisms and the turns of phrase in Ismat’s writings.
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It is a book to buy, read, keep and most importantly to gift to your children
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In Chughtai’s memoirs words come pell-mell, out of her consciousness. Her demanding prose is translated well.
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In Outlook this week, a diary on Hagia Sophia
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