Author | Khadija Mastoor |
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Original title | زمین |
Translator | Daisy Rockwell |
Language | Urdu |
Genres | [1] |
Set in | Pakistan in the late 1940s |
Published | 1983 |
Publisher | Idara-e-Farogh-e-Urdu |
Publication place | Pakistan |
Published in English | 2019 |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 238 (first edition) |
ISBN | 9693505743 (Sang-e-Meel Publications, 1995 ) |
OCLC | 14358029 |
891.439371 | |
LC Class | PK2200.K394 Z24 |
Zameen (Urdu: زمین, romanized: Zamīn, lit. 'land'), alternatively spelled Zamin, is an Urdu novel by Pakistani novelist and short story writer Khadija Mastoor. The novel was published posthumously by Idara-e-Farogh-e-Urdu in 1983.[2] Daisy Rockwell, PhD, translated it into English and released it in July 2019 under the title A Promised Land.[3][4] Zameen depicts the economic and political upheaval that entailed the partition of British India.[5] It begins at the final setting of Mastoor's first novel Aangan – the Walton refugee camp in Lahore. Consequently, it is sometimes considered an extension of Aangan, however, Rockwell has clarified that it is not a narrative sequel, rather a philosophical and thematic follow-up.[6][7] It is considered a political allegory and a women-centric historical account of Pakistan's independence.[8]
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