Essence of camphor
By: Naiyer Masud ; translated from the Urdu by Muhammad Umar Memon and others
Contributors: Memon, Muhammad Umar, 1939-
Publisher: New York Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Short stories, Urdu -- Translation into English
Description: "Masud creates a lush landscape of dreams and disillusion, where love and pain intertwine. A parfumier mixes memory with desire to recall the older girl who influenced his destiny. A dispossessed boy learns difficult lessons of love and its transparencies from a young girl who has never set foot on land. A man escapes his incestuous longings to become a building inspector with the ability to detect in houses their obscure realms of fear and desire."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Essence of camphor; title: Interregnum; title: Obscure domains of fear and desire; title: Sheesha Ghat; title: Ba'i's mourners; title: The Myna from Peacock Garden; title: Remains of the Ray family