Lahore Lost and Found This anthology of mixed delights evokes the smells and sounds of Lahore but does not quite explain if the city has outgrown the pangs of Partition

From: India Today | Date: October 31, 2005| Author: Sam Miller | Copyright information

CITY OF SIN AND SPLENDOUR: WRITINGS ON LAHORE

Edited by Bapsi Sidhwa

Penguin

Price: Rs 395 Pages: 392

Many of the 47 pieces of writing in this anthology are pleasantly predictable, bringing together in a single volume short stories, poems and essays by Kipling, Iqbal, Faiz, Manto and Khushwant Singh and, of course, several excerpts from the novels of its editor, Bapsi Sidhwa. Overall, the collection provides us with a well-rounded, if occasionally over-nostalgic, ac...

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