Description
NIRMAL VERMA was born in Simla in 1929 .and took his Master’s degree in history at St Stephen’s College, Delhi. His first, fiction appeared in the 1950s. Between 1959 and 1963 he lived in Prague, studying and translating Czech literature into Hindi. He left after the Soviet tanks invaded. His other stay abroad was in t977 *; a participant in the highly respected International Writing Program at the University of Iowa (USA).
In Hindi Mr Verma has published three novels, five collections of short stories and several books of- essays, travelogues and memoires. The World Elsewhere is his first book in English to be published outside India. “Maya Darpan” from this volume has been adapted as a national prize-winning film in Hindi. “The World Elsewhere” has been filmed for British television.
The stories are:
Under Cover of Darkness, translated by Jai Ratan
The Dead and the Dying, translated by Geeta Kapur
The Burning Bush, translated by Susan Neild
A Splinter of the Sun, translated by Kuldip Singh
The World Elsewhere, translated by Girdhar RathiGeeta Kapur
Exile, translated by Kuldip Singh
Weekend, translated by Kuldip Singh
An Inch and a Half Above Ground, translated by Krishna Baldev Vaid
The Difference, translated by Krishna Baldev Vaid
The Man and the Girl, translated by Kuldip Singh
A Room of Their Own, translated by Kuldip Singh
Hardcover, 238 pages. In very good pre-loved condition with the exception of being ex-library.