num_pages: 286
description: Intizar Husain is the most important modern short story writer in Urdu. This volume gathers together fifteen of his stories, all drawing imaginatively upon the rich narrative traditions of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist mythologies. The volume also includes an introduction and an interview withHusain.
language: English
title: A Chronicle of the Peacocks: Stories of Partition, Exile and Lost Memories
titlecomplete: A Chronicle of the Peacocks: Stories of Partition, Exile and Lost Memories
genres: India, Pakistan
ratings_count: 18
publisher: Oxford University Press